110 HR 6780 IH: Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2008
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-08-01
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2008
or the No FEAR Act of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—General Provisions
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Sec. 104. Amendments to title I of the No FEAR Act of 2002.
Title II—Amendments to Title II of the No FEAR Act of 2002
Sec. 201. Amendments relating to reimbursement requirement.
Sec. 202. Amendments relating to notification requirement.
Sec. 203. Amendments relating to reporting requirement.
Sec. 204. Training.
Title III—Accountability Provisions
Sec. 301. Disciplinary action requirement.
Sec. 302. Sanctions.
Sec. 303. Role of Department of Justice.
Sec. 304. No FEAR Oversight Office.
Title IV—Damages and Relief
Sec. 401. Clarification of Title VII liability caps, damages remedies.
Sec. 402. No immunity from individual liability for Federal officials.
<enum>I</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="H80A7729ED28945C9A300D9A5EFDB7462"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H0613D33CD42747B18199789594E4EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agencies that engage in discrimination, retaliation, harassment, or violations of Federal discrimination or whistleblower protection laws demonstrate a gross disregard for taxpayer dollars, undermine the confidence of the American people in the Government, put the public’s safety and services at risk, and reduce the Government’s ability to timely and adequately address vital public needs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45BCFCE64C404CA5A2000683BCC22D7D"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph id="HD8E82E4055D24A5DB6F535073B41839C" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Congress has heard testimony from individuals which point to chronic problems of discrimination and retaliation against Federal employees, and which, in turn, negatively affect the Federal Government’s efficiency and effectiveness;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE48AA42F0F0F43A4921342318919582B" commented="no" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, a jury found in August 2000 that the Environmental Protection Agency had discriminated against the scientist based on race, color, and a hostile work environment; agency managers retaliated by relieving the scientist of her duties after she reported that an American company exposed its African miners and their families to vanadium, a deadly substance; and the agency has consistently retaliated against the employee since she prevailed in her jury verdict and testified twice before Congress; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E8F3449412D461D835B963C744756D" commented="no" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of Matthew F. Fogg v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, a case that was filed 21 years ago—</text>
<clause id="HFF6A643A52484EE882E98399F27467F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Federal jury found that the United States Marshals Service had discriminated against United States Marshal Fogg, and was a <quote>hostile environment</quote> for all African-Americans serving in the United States Marshals Service; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HF6D97C08AD4A48D0B9A7B51216F26BD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10 years after that jury verdict, handed down on April 28, 1998, the Department of Justice continued to use taxpayer money to appeal this case; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC95FAA717934D2DB5B6503001CBE03" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph id="HD8DB1193EFC64627B7C6D570B4176546" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal agencies should foster a workplace free of discrimination and should timely resolve prima facie cases of discrimination and retaliation, particularly in cases of class-wide allegations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22DA28216B02460FBB5DB4F23B4E2CC7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of Janet Howard, et al. v. Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce, the Department of Commerce allowed employee complaints to languish and used taxpayer dollars to litigate a race-based discrimination class action first filed in 1995; in fiscal year 2001, rather than resolve employee concerns, the Department established the Class Action Project Fund (since renamed the Complex Litigation Unit), which serves to defend a workforce culture that perpetuates unlawful and intentional discrimination in the workplace. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HD71F4FA855D94F35A09DC49CA2A41247"><enum>102.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3B6FA0F8CCA49BF8382049685142EF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> additional enforcement and remedies under Federal law are needed to make Federal agencies more accountable for their violations of employment discrimination and whistleblower protection laws;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF699D0A1CB94D69804442A39D2B3627"><enum>(2)</enum><text>defining and prescribing timely, definitive disciplinary action for Federal managers and supervisors found violating the No FEAR Act of 2002 provides more accountability and consequences for discrimination and retaliation against whistleblowers; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77C82BDDC4CD40D48B30FEB7EDC83E00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establishing a definitive period for reimbursing the Judgment Fund (as prescribed in section 201 of the No FEAR Act of 2002) should encourage timely resolution or settlement of complaints;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE979320C5CBA4AA392B73ED14BF7A7EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>extending notification of No FEAR provisions to cover all employees, including employees of contractors receiving a majority of their funding from contracts with the United States Government, should increase Federal agency compliance with the law;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADFDB2F5E973427AB8776E61EC8600FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addressing damages and relief should clarify compensation available to complaining parties pursuant to the 1991 amendments to Title VII; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C7E9BF796EA45A79944A81525C4B116"><enum>(6)</enum><text>extending whistleblower protection to veterans hospitals and physicians and other medical professionals who work in health care facilities that receive the majority of their funding from the Federal Government should support and protect medical professionals from discrimination and retaliation.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H2DD89550284D4E5585B2A82375E1001B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="H119B722FCD0245CDA9228BA6FBDFA361"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>claim</term> means a cause of action or an alleged discriminatory or retaliatory act identified in a complaint;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB57E9862C13443A9AFD4AE8CFF00B6B7" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>criminal violation</term> includes any of the offenses proscribed by section 241, 371, 373, or 1962 of title 18, United States Code, including fraud, perjury, bribery, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D96F5E5A8AC46B0B500C404C23848A0" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>culpable official</term> means an individual, currently or formerly employed by a Federal agency, whose conduct in the course of that employment is the basis for a final finding of discrimination; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C8E492AFBDB4D54AEA7E82C991D34AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>disciplinary action</term> includes a suspension, demotion, or termination;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0805359690D54B62B1D84D13F7AA6BC9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>employee</term> means any Federal employee within the meaning of section 103 of the No FEAR Act of 2002 and any other individual, including permanent, temporary, full- or part-time employees or independent contractors performing services for an organization that in whole or in part is a contractor or grantee or other entity that receives a majority of its funding from the Federal Government;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H933CC6B5749449B0B7054668873B8E79"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federal official</term> means any manager, supervisor, or senior policy official employed by a Federal agency and having any of the powers and responsibilities of management—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1B17F197F6A4C91B978E1836BB8A1F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to give instructions or orders to subordinates;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEC2086E37CE46C7B8BC00AA1C9F97BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to be held responsible for the work and actions of other employees; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6113B5BB295B4F7498D1DE50C5B60009"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to administer discipline and penalties;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96EEF553358C414D8858B1454974D9B5" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>final finding of discrimination</term> means a finding of discrimination (as described in section 201(a) of the No FEAR Act of 2002) that is final and not appealable, and includes an order of settlement; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB782F46640DA4F6D964F06CAD774ADB"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>immediately</term> means within less than 10 calendar days;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5ACC09148B604CA1AD813B55CE471325"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term <term>Title VII</term> means title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000e">42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AD6B55FA4B0424191B1D03C315F1E"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>whistleblower</term> means an employee who discloses information which the employee reasonably believes evidences—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC17A9B411905476CBF3357C6F3E01998"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a violation of Title VII or any other law, or of any rule or regulation; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1143C9C14366405680254FE09727001E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H959B0DB9F8DC4E189B15AF056E90B5B"><enum>104.</enum><header>Amendments to title I of the No FEAR Act of 2002</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102(6) of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2301">5 U.S.C. 2301</external-xref> note), in this Act referred to as the <quote>No FEAR Act of 2002</quote>, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F1DC47735FB4AD3936F05C86BAE98A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>within a reasonable time</quote> and inserting <quote>no later than two years after the Judgment Fund makes the payment</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE02A308F313408896DC2DB1E8A67F4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>agency, may need to extend reimbursement over several years </quote> and inserting <quote>agency, may need to make arrangements for a payment schedule with the Treasury not to exceed two years</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Amendments to Title II of the No FEAR Act of 2002</header>
<section id="H39879E78BB57474B87B23B9BF6CEE942"><enum>201.</enum><header>Amendments relating to reimbursement requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 201 of the No FEAR Act of 2002 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H02FDE235E71B462CB3C52D9D2962CB87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by making the text of such subsection a paragraph (1), indented 2 ems and with a heading that reads as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC92F4D60361E4DDA9910487231152100"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2AC0844D02C4B77B393FFECC57DB327"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD92822C95BF94FF193E5EEA7D3E79C4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice to be provided by agency</header><text>No later than 45 days after the date of the receipt of a final finding of discrimination, the agency shall notify the Department of the Treasury—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6CD3CDAC291845C38147152B4D1F0057"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of its responsibility to repay the Judgment Fund; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9684A8E700C642B4B6F707FDAEE855B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to arrange payment of the full amount or to make arrangements for a payment schedule in accordance with paragraph (3). </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H428A0648415F4244897B46F9596F4D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for repayments generally</header><text>The agency shall repay the Judgment Fund in full no later than the close of the second fiscal year beginning after the date on which the Judgment Fund makes the payment (or, if made under a payment schedule, the close of the second fiscal year beginning after the date on which the Judgment Fund makes the final payment). </text></paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> </section>
<section id="HEC867EAEFC564094A3EE1B461C2926AE"><enum>202.</enum><header>Amendments relating to notification requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 of the No FEAR Act of 2002 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD3EB770CE1A4FEC8827A96564E92F2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>to Federal employees,</quote> and inserting <quote>to Federal employees (including any employee of a contractor receiving more than 50 percent of its annual gross revenues from Federal contracts),</quote>; </text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11DA6D714EE648B2A0F7214B21737B90"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Within 3 days after the date of the enactment of the No FEAR Act of 2008, and annually thereafter, each Federal agency shall notify its employees, by e-mail or voice mail, of the Internet site used by such agency in compliance with the preceding sentence.</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA13A80162DE24C7B96608D3D0005E684"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: </text>
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<subsection id="H03751FE7307A4E9B8C98D99E508CBF4B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Employee training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal agency shall ensure that employees of such agency receive training regarding the rights and remedies applicable to such employees under the respective provisions of law covered by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 201(a).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9C6B76BFC0F748C1BC2582B8D9B15602" commented="no"><enum>203.</enum><header>Amendments relating to reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="H34C8A50A090641A8AAACD27818FFDA00" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a) of the No FEAR Act of 2002 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE19BC837367446819596136315752061" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (7);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A69F2D8DE6942B19ECBC7FE7EBF5BC4" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H764458B7D7524575B16D53EDC4FC964" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H22CF912642B64E0B882FBB1D70467AA" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> data on all class actions filed, including size, status, filing date, number of suits filed against the agency, and demographic make-up; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FABFE44BC0F4583B5DF8D3D82608578" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><text>request for counseling by race or sex, as well as individuals who fall within both categories; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DB8A2DFAF6E4F7B9652373C017BFAD6" commented="no"><enum>(11)</enum><text>total workforce and ethnic representation, including race and national origin data;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC17EF69F275406B91CC03DC31B9A100" commented="no"><enum>(12)</enum><text>number and nature of personnel grievances alleging prohibited personnel practices;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E3898BCF4AC440E92004CA8FBCBB41C" commented="no"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the total dollar amount by fiscal years that the agency owes the Judgment Fund; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90377112702941948865BA6EBCC65635" commented="no"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">total costs associated with processing and litigating cases, including salaries and travel costs of all personnel involved;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2D7197084D749C59197FA8C2F3474CE" commented="no"><enum>(15)</enum><text>number of plaintiffs that prevailed in jury trials or administrative proceedings; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A7AC93F981B4090A4ACF149A5F8AF21" commented="no"><enum>(16)</enum><text>specific agency office where discrimination was found.</text></paragraph> <after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3FBF0B35635B4C6DA0006BBAF85E7C23" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional reports</header><text>Section 203 of the No FEAR Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H0283B8F1607A4624AEADB22E7C12E70" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports by GAO</header><text>The Government Accountability Office shall, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and submit to Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and each of the committees named or described in subsection (a), a report on the total costs incurred during such fiscal year which are associated with processing and litigating cases arising under each of the respective provisions of law covered by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 201(a), including costs associated with Department of Justice litigation.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2EF87A878565427CB5340361D9F6CC18" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports by agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H3EFFE041DDFF43ED9DC5F558DFBFFDF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective with respect to agency performance plans for fiscal years beginning not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, each Federal agency shall establish performance goals reflective of its efforts to implement this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0A91EF63263485DB734A827BD8F9600"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H393E7DD3B5924014A32CBB5B04F29D83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>agency performance plan</term> refers to an agency performance plan under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1115">section 1115</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code (or, for purposes of the United States Postal Service, <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2803">section 2803</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15F719EB1DE64EB4006371FAF7E7541F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>performance goal</term> has the meaning given such term by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1115">section 1115(g)(4)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code (or, for purposes of the United States Postal Service, <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2801">section 2801(3)</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HCDE881F10C9449CBA3AB311860A3EBE2" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Training</header>
<subsection id="H85F2D8C52D6743EE00C7B65040CDCE1C"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The No FEAR Institute, a nonprofit, non-Federal Government entity, is hereby specified as a source of training and counseling for Federal employees that is mandated by this Act with regard to their rights and remedies under antidiscrimination, retaliation, and harassment, as well as whistleblower protection laws.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2E9CEE7EC089424FB23C953087A5C1A9"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The No FEAR Institute shall be recognized as an official Federal Government training institute and receive annual funding, in accordance with such agreements as agencies and contractors may enter into with the No FEAR institute, in order to provide training to Federal employees and contractors receiving more than 50 percent of their annual budget from the Federal Government.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Accountability Provisions</header>
<section id="HEEE4F2393610444AADB88000BF5E1475"><enum>301.</enum><header>Disciplinary action requirement</header>
<subsection id="H04166BA83E0B43D9A06C3E8DE0251290" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Final finding of discrimination where mental or physical health is harmed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon a final finding of discrimination with respect to a culpable official in a case in which such official’s discriminatory or retaliatory acts are determined to have contributed to a loss of life or limb or any other substantial diminishment of an employee’s mental or physical health, the culpable official shall immediately—</text>
<paragraph id="H3FF4B66C19AE4D8BB0935E20B97627AB" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be terminated from Federal service; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D0A40C8F68A4D01B0C36FF62F954BC5" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be debarred from Federal employment for a period not to exceed 5 years; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FA09162D04B4012B909E7092099D586" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>forfeit any right to serve as a worker employed under any Federal contract.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE28377CC0D3540C6BD761FF7B028F5D5" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final finding of discrimination not covered by subsection <enum-in-header>(a)</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph id="H8857ABFD81A2403B925E3DDE722FD8D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection applies in the case of any final finding of discrimination, with respect to a culpable official, which is not subject to subsection (a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C500FB7A541440FA1EB2ED9A1256200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial finding</header><text>Upon an initial finding of discrimination as described in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A797C6B2303493383A9B7EC2DB72F88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the culpable official shall immediately—</text>
<clause id="H4F1C29635BB845F1982CC3D2BE7BE931"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be removed from service as a Federal official; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1FE0B2CB7B7C41D4AD6BEB00F4CF06BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be demoted at least 1 pay grade (or the equivalent); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE856D5C57C9242B000C1C27CDECB1818"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the employing agency shall include in the culpable official’s official personnel record a notation to the effect that such a finding against such official was made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0B52741D2354A338CB16F99CE7F90"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent finding</header><text>Upon a subsequent finding of any discrimination with respect to the same official, such official shall immediately—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63A97E64DA9B4BDC9F93D17DFCB2EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be terminated from Federal service;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36BE665476994BE986C572000479836E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be debarred from Federal employment for a period not to exceed 5 years; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47B71D297961425C99244D8C4FA96BEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>forfeit any right to serve as a worker employed under any Federal contract.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> </subsection> </section>
<section id="HC475D6F3371A41AE88B4595DC9ED1E83"><enum>302.</enum><header>Sanctions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury shall impose a monetary penalty of $10,000 on an agency of the United States for each week that agency fails to take action against employees who falsify evidence in a proceeding under Title VII.</text></section>
<section id="HA64BCB36B3984176BCE026A5DE90F1F5" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Role of Department of Justice</header>
<subsection id="H627D606C257042A080923105D395D1A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Referral</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and any agency that becomes aware of a criminal violation shall refer the matter to the Department of Justice for prosecution when agency officials are found liable for intimidating or harassing employees that testify before Congress. If an employee alleges that intimidation or harassment has occurred as a result of congressional testimony by that employee, Congress should work in collaboration with the No FEAR Oversight office to investigate the allegation and refer it to the Department of Justice for prosecution if appropriate. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE30EB00E7E4F40648098E894E5002042"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after a determination not to prosecute a matter referred under this section, the Department of Justice shall provide to Congress a justification for that determination.</text></subsection> </section>
<section id="H81229B8CF2A24FBDADD0A3FFCCE2FD6B" commented="no"><enum>304.</enum><header>No FEAR Oversight Office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The Comptroller General shall take such measures as may be necessary to ensure that an office, to be known as the <quote>No FEAR Oversight Office</quote>, shall be created within the Government Accountability Office. The No FEAR Oversight Office shall be the official clearinghouse for the Federal Government and provide written information to Congress, the executive branch, and the public on the enforcement of the No FEAR Act of 2002. The No FEAR Oversight Office shall be established within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Damages and Relief</header>
<section id="HC08578007C804DEBA7191D3F63B0DAC6"><enum>401.</enum><header>Clarification of Title VII liability caps, damages remedies</header>
<subsection id="H166E3AE8EB094204AD43AAD2D9571152"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarify Title VII liability limits</header><text>For Federal Government Title VII cases, the liability limits for Federal workplace discrimination cases under Title VII is $300,000 per each claim or alleged violation of said law adjudicated in favor of the claimant, whether or not said violation sustains one or more additional claims when considered in conjunction with other unlawful activity. Therefore, claimants are not limited to $300,000 compensatory damage cap per case as currently being interpreted by the Federal courts, but rather $300,000 per each claim awarded in favor of the plaintiff in the entire case. Furthermore, Title VII is only the exclusive remedy for workforce discrimination claims. Title VII is not the exclusive source of Federal statutory, workforce rights or exclusive remedy for their violation.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB917627CC1D14354BA75B99041A2E463"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relief</header><text>Should an administrative agency or court find for the employee in a subsequent claim and that the relief requested some or all was appropriate, the employee shall be entitled to liquidated damages (after taxes) plus all reasonable fees to attorneys. This shall not be considered a part of compensatory damages. Entitlement to damages under this provision is a post judgment proceeding.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HDF6A6D9F15564003AE5890CD4FAD34E3"><enum>402.</enum><header>No immunity from individual liability for Federal officials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall not be a defense to a civil action against an individual arising out of a violation of Title VII that the individual was acting in the capacity of a Government officer and employee at the time of the violation.</text></section>