[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3038 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3038

 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1991 with respect to the application 
                              of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2009

Mr. McDermott introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1991 with respect to the application 
                              of such Act.

    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 ``Justice for Wards Cove Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 402 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 1981 note) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a) In General.--''; 
        and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).

SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Application.--For purposes of determining the application of 
the amendments made by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, such amendments 
shall apply to a case that was subject to section 402(b) of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1991 (as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act) in the same manner and to the same extent as 
such amendments apply to any case brought under title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) that was not subject to 
section 402(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
    (b) Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, 
or shall be considered to be evidence of, congressional intent 
regarding the application of such amendments to any case that was not 
subject to section 402(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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