[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4124 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4124

  To amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to apply to that 
    title a burden shifting rule currently applicable to title VII.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2002

  Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to apply to that 
    title a burden shifting rule currently applicable to title VII.

    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 ``Equity in Education Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. TITLE VI AMENDMENT.

    Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 607. In any action or proceeding to enforce section 601, if 
the party claiming discrimination demonstrates that a practice has a 
disproportionately negative effect on the extent or nature of the 
participation by members of a protected class in the program or 
activity, the burden of persuasion shifts to the party denying 
discrimination to show that the practice is reasonably necessary and 
appropriate to the purpose of the program or activity.''.
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