[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 189 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 189

    To prohibit the executive branch of the Federal Government from 
   establishing an additional class of individuals that is protected 
 against discrimination in Federal employment, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 1997

   Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the executive branch of the Federal Government from 
   establishing an additional class of individuals that is protected 
 against discrimination in Federal employment, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Freedom of Speech Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    No agency, officer, or employee of the executive branch of the 
Federal Government shall issue, implement, or enforce any policy 
establishing an additional class of individuals that is protected 
against discrimination in Federal employment, other than a class of 
individuals specifically identified in a provision of Federal statutory 
law that prohibits employment discrimination against the class, 
including--
            (1) title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
        2000e et seq.);
            (2) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 
        U.S.C. 621 et seq.); and
            (3) title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
        791 et seq.) or title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
        of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq.).
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