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S 272 99th Congress Senate Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Age discrimination Civil Rights and Liberties Desegregation in education Disabled Education Federal aid to education Federal aid to handicapped services Minority education Nondiscrimination provisions Racial discrimination Rehabilitation Sex discrimination Sex discrimination against women Sex discrimination in education Supreme Court decisions Women's education Women's rights

Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1985

Introduced: January 24, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 1985
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-467.
Jul 17, 1985
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held.
Mar 11, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Education.
Jan 24, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jan 24, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1985 - Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to specify that educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance are included within prohibitions against discrimination.

Provides that, for purposes of such Acts, notwithstanding the Supreme Court decisions in Grove City College and others against Bell, Secretary of Education, and in North Haven Board of Education against Bell, the phrase "program or activity" shall, as applied to educational institutions which are extended Federal financial assistance, mean the educational institution.

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Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-467.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2