[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 45 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                         Calendar No. 6
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 45

    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 19, 1999

 Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                            January 20, 1999

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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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.

    (a) In General.--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 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq.).
    (b) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--No agency, officer, or 
employee of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall use 
Federal funds to issue, implement, or enforce a policy described in 
subsection (a), including implementing and enforcing Executive Order 
13087, including any amendment made by such order.
                                     





                                                         Calendar No. 6

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 45

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            January 20, 1999

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar