Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020 (FEAA)

The Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020 (FEAA) amends the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and expands accountability within the Federal Government. Section 1133 of the FEAA, Notification of Violation, requires federal agencies to post final agency actions that result in a finding of discrimination within 90 days on the agency’s public website. The notice must state that a finding of discrimination has been made and must remain posted not less than one year.  The Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020 also requires that Notifications of Violation regarding findings of discrimination be posted publicly for a minimum of one year. In addition, the Act requires Federal Agencies to report to the EEOC the disciplinary action taken because of a finding of a discrimination and/or the reason why an Agency failed to take disciplinary action.

As required by the Act, the following cases resulted in a finding a discrimination: