[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 658 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 658

 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1991 with respect to the application 
                              of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 1995

  Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Mineta, Mrs. Mink of 
  Hawaii, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Matsui) introduced the following bill; 
    which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational 
Opportunities and, in addition, to the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1991 with respect to the application 
                              of such Act.

    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 ``Justice for Wards Cove Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 402 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 1981 note) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a) In General.--''; 
        and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).

SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Application.--For purposes of determining the application of 
the amendments made by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, such amendments 
shall apply to a case that was subject to section 402(b) of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1991 (as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act) in the same manner and to the same extent as 
such amendments apply to any case brought under title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) that was not subject to 
section 402(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
    (b) Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, 
or shall be considered to be evidence of, congressional intent 
regarding the application of such amendments to any case that was not 
subject to section 402(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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