Protections and Transparency in the Workplace Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4599 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4599 To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require public companies to provide sexual harassment claim disclosures in certain reports, to require public companies to implement mandatory sexual harassment training, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2025 Mr. Lieu (for himself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, and Ms. Pressley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require public companies to provide sexual harassment claim disclosures in certain reports, to require public companies to implement mandatory sexual harassment training, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protections and Transparency in the Workplace Act''. SEC. 2. COVERED DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT DISCLOSURES. (a) Definition.--Section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating the second paragraph (80) (related to funding portals) as paragraph (81); and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(82) Covered discrimination and harassment.--The term `covered discrimination and harassment' means-- ``(A) discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), or national origin under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); ``(B) discrimination because of age under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.); ``(C) discrimination on the basis of disability under-- ``(i)