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Ten days later, Obama signed a related Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces." [25] It required companies receiving federal contracts over a half-million dollars to demonstrate compliance with labor laws, including those with LGBT protections. On March 27, 2017, President Trump revoked Executive Order 13673, meaning that ...
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 22, 2010 The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 ( H.R. 2965 , S. 4023 ) is a landmark United States federal statute enacted in December 2010 that established a process for ending the " don't ask, don't tell " (DADT) policy ( 10 U.S.C. § 654 ), thus allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual ...
As president, Obama signed a renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2010. [104] Obama then signed another renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2011 while on a trip in Europe. [105] [106] In 2015, Obama signed the USA Freedom Act which, along with reinforcing the powers of the NSA, included the renewal of certain parts of the USA PATRIOT Act. [107] [108 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees. The ...
It was Obama's wish to further attend to LGBT civil rights not only through legislation, but also the executive branch. In 2012 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow gender identity-based employment discrimination because it is a form of sex discrimination. [2]
The first bill signed into law by Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, relaxing the statute of limitations for equal-pay lawsuits. [207] Five days later, he signed the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to cover an additional four million uninsured children. [208]
Amending Executive Order 13675 To Expand Membership on the President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa August 3, 2016 August 8, 2016 August 3, 2016 81 FR 52321 2016-18872 [485] [486] 247 13735: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury August 12, 2016 August 17, 2016 August 12, 2016 81 FR 54709 2016-19723
A bill for legalization was passed by the Parliament on 12 July and signed by the President on 1 August. [136] October 1 — Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Germany. [137] A bill for legalization was passed by the Bundestag on 30 June, and by the Bundesrat on 7 July. [138] [139] It was signed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on 20 July ...