[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1215 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1215

    To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require a 
    reasonable attorney's fee to be awarded to the Equal Employment 
             Opportunity Commission as a prevailing party.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1993

  Mr. Andrews of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require a 
    reasonable attorney's fee to be awarded to the Equal Employment 
             Opportunity Commission as a prevailing party.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    Section 706(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
5(k)) is amended by striking ``court,'' and all that follows through 
``States'' the first place it appears, and inserting the following
``court--
            ``(1) in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party 
        other than the United States (including the Commission); and
            ``(2) shall award to the Commission, if the Commission is a 
        prevailing party;''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
section and the amendment made by section 1 shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by section 1 
shall not apply with respect to a proceeding or action commenced under 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 before the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

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