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HR 1919 97th Congress House Labor and Employment Civil Rights and Liberties Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Disabled Discrimination against the disabled Discrimination in employment Employment of the handicapped Mentally handicapped Physically handicapped

A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make discrimination against handicapped individuals an unlawful employment practice.

Introduced: February 18, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
Feb 18, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 18, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title VII (Equal Employment Opportunity) of the Civil Rights Act to 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against any individual who is physically or mentally handicapped.

What's happening now February 27, 1981

Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 9, 1981
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 30, 1981
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1919: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make discrimination against handicapped individuals an unlawful employment practice.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1919/
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"H.R. 1919: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make discrimination against handicapped individuals an unlawful employment practice.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1919/.
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H.R. 1919, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1919/.
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