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HR 1172 103th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Discrimination in employment Equality before the law Racial discrimination Supreme Court decisions

Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act

Introduced: March 2, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 1993
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Mar 17, 1993
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 16, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights.
Mar 4, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Mar 2, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 2, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 2, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E476-477)
Mar 2, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 1989, held that, in cases brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove an employer had no business necessity for a practice with discriminatory effects.)

What's happening now March 17, 1993

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 13 Independent 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 21, 1993
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 21, 1993
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Apr 21, 1993
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 25, 1993
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 25, 1993
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 9, 1993
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 2, 1993
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 2, 1993
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 1993
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 2, 1993
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 2, 1993
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 2, 1993
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 2, 1993
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 2, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1172: Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1172/
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