,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,cummings 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,meng1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4   
,norton1 and ,mr4 ,meadows7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 to protect unpaid
 interns in the ,federal ,government    
from workplace harassment and           
discrimination1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,intern ,protection    
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,prohibited         
personnel practices  7a7 ,in general    
,section #bcjb of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7g7  7#a7 ,all  
protections afforded to an employee     
under subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71 and 7,d7
 of subsection 7b77#a7 shall be         
afforded1 in the same manner and to the 
same extent1 to an intern and an        

applicant for internship4  7#b7 ,for    
purposes of the application of this     
subsection1 a reference to an employee  
shall be considered a reference to an   
intern in--  7,a7 section #gag of the   
,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e-#af72  7,b7 sections  
#ab and #ae of the ,age ,discrimination 
in ,employment ,act of #aifg 7#bi       
,u4,s4,c4 #fca1 #fcc;a72 and  7,c7      
section #eja of the ,rehabilitation ,act
 of #aigc 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #gia74  7#c7   
,in this subsection1 the term intern    
means an individual who performs        
uncompensated voluntary service in an   
agency to earn credit awarded by an     
educational institution or to learn a   
trade or occupation4  4  7b7 ,conforming
 amendment ,section #caaa7;c77#a7 of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended by inserting section #bcjb7;g7  
7relating to prohibited personnel       
practices71 before chapter #ha4