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S 166 111th Congress Senate

Title VII Fairness Act

Official title: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify the filing period applicable to charges of discrimination, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2009 See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liabilityDisability and health-based discriminationEmployment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 7, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 7, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Title VII Fairness Act - Amends the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and title VII (Equal Employment Opportunities) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to delay the start of the time period for filing charges of employment discrimination until the aggrieved person has, or should be expected to have, enough information to support a reasonable suspicion of the discrimination, provided the aggrieved person demonstrates that the person did not have, and should not have been expected to have, enough information to support a reasonable suspicion of such discrimination on the date on which the alleged discrimination occurred. Prohibits applying these amendments to alleged discrimination relating to pensions or pension benefits.

Applies the above Civil Rights Act of 1964 amendment to discrimination claims brought under: (1) specified provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and (2) provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 relating to employment by the federal government.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 15, 2009
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jan 12, 2009
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jan 7, 2009
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