Legislative Hearing on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009

On Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia will hold a legislative hearing to examine H.R. 2517, the “Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009.”

H.R. 2517 is intended to ensure equal treatment to lesbian and gay federal civilian employees by providing that same sex partners be entitled to the same benefits available to a married federal employee and his or her spouse. The purpose of the hearing is to examine the merits of this legislation and to discuss its potential implementation and cost.

WITNESS LIST

PANEL I

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin

Mr. John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management

PANEL II

Ms. M. V. Lee Badgett, Research Director, The Williams Institute, UCLA Law School

Mr. Greg Franklin, Assistant Executive Officer, Health Benefits, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)

Ms. Carolyn E. Wright, Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, American Airlines

PANEL III

Ms. Lorilyn Holmes, current federal employee; Reverend, Metropolitan Community Churches

Ambassador (ret.) Michael Guest, former career Foreign Service Officer

Dr. Frank Page, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Taylors; President, Southern Baptist Convention 2006