[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2660 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2660

To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to extend the period 
for filing charges of discrimination in violation of such title and to 
 provide relief for certain current injuries arising from compensation 
calculations attributable to compensation decisions made at any time in 
                        violation of such title.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2007

   Mr. Ruppersberger (for himself, Ms. Kilpatrick, and Ms. Wasserman 
   Schultz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to extend the period 
for filing charges of discrimination in violation of such title and to 
 provide relief for certain current injuries arising from compensation 
calculations attributable to compensation decisions made at any time in 
                        violation of such title.

    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 ``2007 Civil Rights Pay Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 706(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
5(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``one hundred and eighty'' and 
                inserting ``360'', and
                    (B) by striking ``three hundred'' and inserting 
                ``480'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) For purposes of this section, an unlawful employment practice 
occurs with respect to compensation when a person aggrieved is injured 
as a result of a compensation calculation attributable in whole or in 
part to the application or continuation of a compensation decision that 
was made--
            ``(A) at any time before a charge relating to such 
        calculation is filed under this section; and
            ``(B) for an intentionally discriminatory purpose in 
        violation of this title.''.
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