[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3009 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3009

 To amend the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 with respect to the 
                   subpoena power of the Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 1996

  Mr. Foley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 with respect to the 
                   subpoena power of the Commission.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Commission Amendments 
Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION SUBPOENA POWER.

    Section 3(e)(2) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 
U.S.C. 1975a(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``The Commission is not authorized to issue any subpoena except for an 
investigation, within the authority of the Commission under subsection 
(a)--
                    ``(A) of a specific incident of the deprivation of 
                the right to vote; or
                    ``(B) in any other case, if the subpoena is 
                directed to an officer or employee of the Federal, 
                State, or a local government.''
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