[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1048 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1048

 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

                             March 10, 1999

  Mr. Jackson of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt of North 
 Carolina, Ms. Lee, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Cummings, 
  Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
  Davis of Illinois, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Meeks of New 
   York, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
   Carson, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
 Abercrombie, Mr. Rush, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
Hilliard, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. 
Fattah, Mr. Stark, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Bonior, 
Mr. Towns, Ms. Sanchez, and Ms. Berkley) 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 1999''.

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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