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HR 1741 102th Congress House

Extraterritorial Employment Protection Amendments of 1991

Official title: To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to reaffirm that title VII of such Act applies with respect to the extraterritorial employment of United States citizens by certain employers.

Introduced: April 11, 1991 Introduced by: Mfume, Kweisi Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues American investmentsAmericans employed in foreign countriesDiscrimination in employmentEmployee rightsForeign Trade and International Finance
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May 10, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
Apr 11, 1991
Introduced in House
Apr 11, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 Latest action May 10, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Extraterritorial Employment Protection Amendments 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1741: Extraterritorial Employment Protection Amendments of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1741/
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"H.R. 1741: Extraterritorial Employment Protection Amendments of 1991." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1741/.
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