3.0.0 3209 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z Senate S S 2008-06-26 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-26T22:06:19Z 2008-06-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6287-6290) IntroReferral 2008-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY N E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2008-06-26 True S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-06-26 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2008-06-26 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-06-26 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-06-26 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-06-26 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-07-09 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2008-07-11 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-09-08 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Disabled Discrimination against the disabled Discrimination in employment Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Law Limitation of actions Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2008-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-30T18:59:33Z 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.

]]> Title VII Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Title VII Fairness Act Display Title Title VII Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced 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 in Senate 2008-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3209is/xml/BILLS-110s3209is.xml 2008-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6287-6290) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.