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

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

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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

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.

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