American Employees Equity Act of 1991
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American Employees Equity Act of 1991 - Amends title VII (Equal Employment Opportunities) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include U.S. citizens employed in a foreign country in the definition of "employee."
Declares that it is not unlawful to take an action, with respect to an employee in a foreign country, which would otherwise be prohibited by certain unlawful employment practice provisions of such title, if compliance with those provisions would violate the law of the foreign country.
Declares that: (1) any practice prohibited by such provisions engaged in by an employer who controls a corporation incorporated in a foreign country is presumed to be engaged in by the employer; and (2) those provisions do not apply to the foreign operations of a foreign employer which is not controlled by an American employee.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1694: American Employees Equity Act of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1694/
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