[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2453 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2453

     To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify 
  requirements relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of national 
                                origin.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2007

 Mr. Alexander introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify 
  requirements relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of national 
                                origin.

    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 ``Protecting English in the Workplace 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SPEAKING ENGLISH WHILE ENGAGED IN WORK.

    Section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, it 
shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require 
an employee to speak, or an applicant for employment to agree to speak, 
English while engaged in work.
    ``(2)(A) An individual shall not be considered to be engaged in 
work under paragraph (1) during a bona fide meal period, a rest period, 
or any other break, during which the individual is not required to 
perform any duties.
    ``(B) In this paragraph, the term `bona fide meal period' means 
such a period, and the term `rest period' means such a period, within 
the meaning of section 785.19 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).''.
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