[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4718 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4718

 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make such title 
   fully applicable to the judicial branch of the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1998

  Mr. Jackson of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
  Stokes, Mr. Scott, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Millender-
McDonald, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Ms. Lee, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Kildee, 
 Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Mink of 
    Hawaii, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Davis of 
 Illinois, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Torres, Mr. Meeks of New 
 York, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
Carson, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Furse, Mr. Rodriguez, 
 Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Rush, Mr. Thompson, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Hilliard, 
Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Blagojevich) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make such title 
   fully applicable to the judicial branch of the Federal Government.

    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 ``Judicial Branch Employment 
Nondiscrimination Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
16(a)) is amended by striking ``those units of the judicial branch 
having positions in the competitive service'' and inserting ``the 
judicial branch''.
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