[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1290 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1290

 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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2001

  Mr. Jackson of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Blagojevich, Ms. Brown of 
 Florida, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Hastings of 
  Florida, and Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 2001''.

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''.
                                 <all>