[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 61 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 61

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to assure that the operations of 
       the Forest Service are free of racial, sexual, and ethnic 
                            discrimination.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Herger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to assure that the operations of 
       the Forest Service are free of racial, sexual, and ethnic 
                            discrimination.

    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 ``Forest Service Employment 
Opportunity Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN FOREST SERVICE.

    (a) Required Steps.--The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to 
take such steps as are necessary to assure that the operations of the 
Forest Service are free of racial, gender-based, and ethnic 
discrimination. Such steps shall include--
            (1) assuring that employment is not offered to persons 
        based on their race, sex, or national origin;
            (2) assuring Forest Service compliance with the 
        requirements of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
        U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); and
            (3) such other steps as are necessary to prevent any 
        preferences in employment, contracting, or otherwise, from 
        being extended by the Forest Service on the basis of race, sex, 
        or national origin.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to 
Congress a report describing the steps taken to implement this section 
and their effectiveness.
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