Under an executive order signed by President Bill Clinton in 2000, federal agencies cannot require genetic testing as a prerequisite for hiring federal employees or awarding the employees bene?ts and are banned from using genetic information in promotion decisions.
Find out whether The Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act of 2005, a proposed federal law that would extend protection against to private employees has become law. If not, has other federal legislation aimed at genetic testing been adopted?