[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4701 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4701

     To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that an 
individual who leaves employment because of sexual harassment will, for 
purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for unemployment 
compensation, be treated as having left such employment for good cause.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 1998

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that an 
individual who leaves employment because of sexual harassment will, for 
purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for unemployment 
compensation, be treated as having left such employment for good cause.

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

SECTION 1. SEXUAL HARASSMENT AS GOOD CAUSE FOR LEAVING EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 3304 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to approval of State unemployment 
compensation laws) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
paragraph (18), by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20), and 
by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new paragraph:
            ``(19)(A) if any individual leaves employment because of 
        sexual harassment, for purposes of determining such 
        individual's eligibility for compensation for any subsequent 
        week for which such individual meets the State law requirements 
        relating to availability for work and active search for work, 
        such individual shall be treated as having left such employment 
        for good cause, and
            ``(B) for purposes of subparagraph (A), `sexual harassment' 
        shall be considered to have been shown upon the demonstration 
        of facts sufficient to establish a prima facie case that the 
        individual involved was victimized by sexual harassment in 
        violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the 
        amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on November 
        1, 1999.
            (2) Exception.--In the case of any State the legislature of 
        which has not been in session for at least 30 calendar days 
        (whether or not successive) between the date of the enactment 
        of this Act and November 1, 1999, the amendment made by 
        subsection (a) shall take effect 30 calendar days after the 
        first day on which such legislature is in session on or after 
        November 1, 1999.
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