1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Servicemembers' Protection Act
of 2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Amendments to the Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act
Sec. 101. Clarification of plaintiff affidavit filing
requirement for default judgments against servicemembers.
Sec. 102. Residency of military family members.
Sec. 103. Increase in civil penalties.
Sec. 104. Authority for issuance and service of civil
investigative demands by Attorney General and retroactive application of
Attorney General enforcement authority.
Sec. 105. Retroactive application of private right of action
under Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Sec. 106. Related changes to Fair Housing Act—increase in civil
penalties.
Sec. 107. Related changes to Fair Housing Act—civil
investigative demands.
Sec. 108. Related changes to Equal Credit Opportunity Act—civil
investigative demands.
TITLE II—Amendments to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act
Sec. 201. Pre-election reporting requirements on availability
and transmission of absentee ballots.
Sec. 202. Transmission requirements; repeal of waiver
provision.
Sec. 203. Clarification of State responsibility, civil
penalties, and private right of action.
Sec. 204. Treatment of early ballot requests.
Sec. 205. Applicability to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.
Sec. 206. Related changes to title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964—clarification of prohibited discrimination, private right of action,
and available relief.
Sec. 207. Related changes to title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972—clarification of prohibited discrimination, private right of
action, and available relief.
TITLE III—Amendments to chapter 43 of title 38, United States
Code
Sec. 301. Enforcement of rights of members of uniformed
services with respect to States and private employers.
Sec. 302. Issuance and service of civil investigative demands
by Attorney General.
Sec. 303. Related changes to title VII of Civil Rights Act of
1964—civil investigative demands.
<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments to the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act</header>
<section id="IDa54388387182475caa5ca1707978c357" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Clarification of
plaintiff affidavit filing requirement for default judgments against
servicemembers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (1)
of section 201(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App.
521(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD59183380E564A6E9C48C0A1CB3986E8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID7b7821cf3b154aadb21ed1878aadcc0b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plaintiff to
file affidavit</header>
<subparagraph id="idF10A43DB8039429C8467920A4585E1ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any action or proceeding covered by this section, the
plaintiff, before seeking a default judgment, shall file with the court an
affidavit—</text>
<clause id="ID72e90ff2cbda449d8d02e23878faabc7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>stating whether
or not the defendant is in military service and showing necessary facts to
support the affidavit; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc23bdd70b24f47f2b4cfdad1aedc7ea3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the plaintiff
is unable to determine whether or not the defendant is in military service,
stating that the plaintiff is unable to determine whether or not the defendant
is in military service.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECED80E66A304A209CFFE039EBCCE324"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Due
diligence</header><text>Before filing the affidavit, the plaintiff shall
conduct a diligent and reasonable investigation to determine whether or not the
defendant is in military service, including a search of available records of
the Department of Defense and any other information available to the plaintiff.
The affidavit shall set forth in the affidavit all steps taken to determine the
defendant’s military
status.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID6e047994b68a4581a7642b07b3368e47"><enum>102.</enum><header>Residency of
military family members</header>
<subsection id="id71530C647F5F4123AEFFA1FAF27E52B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 705(b) of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 595(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4DD7956876C1401989E4E65C45A84847"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter before paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>a person</quote> and all that follows through <quote>that
absence</quote> and inserting <quote>a family member of a servicemember who is
absent from a State because the servicemember is absent from that same State in
compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of
absence, whether or not accompanying the servicemember</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D3DF77A589C48528A4847B544EDA39B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>the person</quote> and inserting <quote>the family
member</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC703A889ACC04D28BB78B30D233EA8A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header><text>Such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id99E5C6C0E46742EEB71CE98B487B8616"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 705
(50 U.S.C. App. 595)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id26D7A23162AC4784A6B57A0F8AEFA883"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">family
members</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79F95D68D9174F3BBFF0A8D0A149794F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the heading
for subsection (b), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Spouses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Family
members</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBFBDF9F36F6145A8B2B2C0CE38B51DE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the table of
sections in section 1 (505 U.S.C. App. 501), by striking the item relating to
section 705 and inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id315C0E8ECAB44D99A858048E3DDB8528" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 705. Guarantee of
residency for military personnel and family members of military
personnel.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5e02cdd2ce7844b5a0ccca96b3588560"><enum>103.</enum><header>Increase in
civil penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
801(b)(3) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 597(b)(3)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3915CA0095D44DC385AC7D756783206A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>$55,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$110,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id07C3D84A38944E9BABCF2ED21751A0CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>$110,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$220,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID4b066baf3352412fa0907af0495229de"><enum>104.</enum><header>Authority for
issuance and service of civil investigative demands by Attorney General and
retroactive application of Attorney General enforcement authority</header>
<subsection id="idC630173564444934A0B7E2C45766CAA7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 801 of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 597) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33F0FF78F6A6495C91FAB2E0C380DE64" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID24ce6af5bfd440d98e156c336903d837"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Issuance and
service of civil investigative demands</header>
<paragraph id="id007A359D8D374D4A8218652BF55CFCCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that
any person may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary
material relevant to an investigation under this Act, the Attorney General may,
before commencing a civil action under subsection (a), issue in writing and
serve upon such person, a civil investigative demand requiring—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID917147588668424998d66f39f503b56d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the production of
such documentary material for inspection and copying;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7b90bffd142945d2a987ab001755b1a4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the
custodian of such documentary material answer in writing written questions with
respect to such documentary material; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb4611c9f0da54f92a986d3a37eb75b3c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the production of
any combination of such documentary material or answers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8D5DD41FA4E4E50AFE85D4DFDCBC6A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
provisions of section 3733 of title 31, United States Code, governing the
authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative demands shall apply
with respect to the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative
demands under this section, except that, for purposes of applying such section
3733—</text>
<subparagraph id="id99741A0AF5884F508CD747285C59D97E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>references to
false claims law investigators or investigations shall be considered references
to investigators or investigations under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF869647210D94DB59F7E1FDC6A26710B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>references to
interrogatories shall be considered references to written questions, and
answers to such need not be under oath;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B97AEBCBDB04A6890B665746074462C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the definitions
relating to <term>false claims law</term> shall not apply; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE5D327C5B6EB475990B743FC1783DA16"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provisions
relating to qui tam relators shall not
apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf2550d298713464697a6830c5cd41eb5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retroactive
applicability</header><text>Section 801 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 597), as
amended by subsection (a), shall apply as if such section were included in the
enactment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (54 Stat.
1178, chapter 888) and included in the restatement of such Act in Public Law
108–189.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7045B4572621464C8F6112D97D4E83FC"><enum>105.</enum><header>Retroactive
application of private right of action under Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 802 of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 597a) shall apply as if such
section were included in the enactment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil
Relief Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1178, chapter 888) and included in the restatement
of such Act in Public Law 108–189.</text>
</section><section id="ID3849f3c10499456ca008ad79f982dfa8"><enum>106.</enum><header>Related
changes to Fair Housing Act—increase in civil penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 814(d)(1)(C) of the Fair Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. 3614(d)(1)(C)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC950451A55904491BD3FD25807355D20"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking
<quote>$50,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$110,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA030D90605004457A226F97E356C410A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>$100,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$220,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDeb3064b727ad4db496b811b8505e6fba"><enum>107.</enum><header>Related
changes to Fair Housing Act—civil investigative demands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 814(c) of the Fair Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 3614(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4221D182954E4172A83E129DD3DA0B3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">and service of
civil investigative demands</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7B35999F8F6D4987A7AFC37B7D64317B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before
<quote>The Attorney General</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id93851E2B952045C89318E22B0AF6C380"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF80A9F8651A47FB9B95516526F66CD6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDb505b43e60804cf0aad282a9833a4c77"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB9DABEBEF69644C3A2F11060834530B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whenever the Attorney
General has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or
control of any documentary material relevant to an investigation under this
title, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil action under
subsection (a) or (b), issue in writing and serve upon such person, a civil
investigative demand requiring—</text>
<clause id="ID6d39c7d9c82b4208a63f7d0787b6bae1" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the production of such documentary
material for inspection and copying;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6161cf3101224bc5abe4caf78e4f876e" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that the custodian of such
documentary material answer, in writing, written questions with respect to such
documentary material; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID848f69beb9354237945e163809a1dfea" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the production of any combination
of such documentary material or answers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB6A860F2DF0346B787CA9C8C090F975E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 3733 of title 31, United
States Code, shall apply to a civil investigative demand under this paragraph,
except that—</text>
<clause id="idC87EB40542BB486DB01D0627341C4940"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such section shall be applied by
substituting—</text>
<subclause id="id87206E3C5EE04247900DB78A2C1954B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the term <term>fair housing
investigator</term> for the term <term>false claims law
investigator</term>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idFA91C5C7441841B8804189F9754E4B55"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the term <term>fair housing
investigation</term> for the term <term>false claims law investigation</term>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id707AC969112242518024193482BD1EB6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the term <term>written questions</term>
for the term <term>interrogatories</term>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idCDFD6AB7413D420788232E930CF977DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an answer to written questions
shall not be required to be made under oath;</text>
</clause><clause id="idDA0565B4DDDE4F71B893AC0E55F6B47A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the definition of the term
<term>false claims law</term> under section 3722(l)(1) shall not apply;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3F7129549CE24C54A6DD97A1CD4EB9ED"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the provisions relating to qui tam
realtors shall not
apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDe85f0c17dca5483e9de640cb47bc2125"><enum>108.</enum><header>Related
changes to Equal Credit Opportunity Act—civil investigative
demands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 706(h) of the
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691e(h)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7651A4D09B7D40E596B38B3536E9502B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID901e98fe532f49ada1469fe963c4c570"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authority for
Attorney General To bring civil action; jurisdiction</header>
<paragraph id="ID985c2b41c8ac4730ac19590d33b542f9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>When a matter is referred to the Attorney General
pursuant to subsection (g), or whenever the Attorney General has reason to
believe that one or more creditors are engaged in a pattern or practice in
violation of this title, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in any
appropriate United States district court for such relief as may be appropriate,
including actual and punitive damages and injunctive relief.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1fb10490636498bb4cb1100dfbb9fa7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Issuance and
service of civil investigative demands</header><text>Whenever the Attorney
General has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or
control of any documentary material relevant to an investigation under this
title, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil action under
paragraph (1), issue in writing and serve upon such person, a civil
investigative demand requiring—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3e4aa35d552649188e4a77d5a98ba4d1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the production of
such documentary material for inspection and copying;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb7fd66e61a0440f38a5d95fe4465131e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the
custodian of such documentary material answer in writing written questions with
respect to such documentary material; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdaecaae45f484e83a3f792edc4e4d858"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the production of
any combination of such documentary material or answers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id54E2479B4CD24988B37EB734E22F9C2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
provisions of law governing the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil
investigative demands under section 3733 of title 31, United States Code,
governing the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative demands
shall apply with respect to the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil
investigative demands under this section, except that, for purposes of applying
such section 3733—</text>
<subparagraph id="id365421FA9BB2467290CADFCC9D85F6A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>references to
false claims law investigators or investigations shall be read as references to
fair lending investigators or investigations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24D35CDA7D3C462BBE21C9823C1F08AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>references to
interrogatories shall be read as references to written questions, and answers
to such need not be under oath;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9753FB349044C1085A28E6381E468A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the statutory
definitions relating to <term>false claims law</term> shall not apply;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5680E53ACB5F4677A98B1E20907E1B11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provisions
thereof relating to qui tam relators shall not
apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Amendments to
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act</header>
<section commented="no" id="IDe5bcda561c854d1fbd37023ddb3a5640"><enum>201.</enum><header>Pre-election
reporting requirements on availability and transmission of absentee
ballots</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idCE16D642B15D4B40B2C65EE67B701B19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of
section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42
U.S.C. 1973ff–1(c)) is amended by striking <quote>Not later than 90
days</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFFBD2D6EF6A4B4A8A23905A14AD7A53" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDc53da8520d904260bc6880b127e6b631"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pre-election
report on absentee ballot availability</header><text>Not later than 55 days
before any election for Federal office held in a State, such State shall submit
a report to the Attorney General and the Presidential Designee, and make that
report publicly available that same day, certifying that absentee ballots are
or will be available for transmission by 46 days before the election. The
report shall be in a form prescribed by the Attorney General and shall require
the State to certify specific information about ballot availability from each
unit of local government which will administer the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID56dad99caab94f0fb4b60c94d87dbfee"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pre-election
report on absentee ballots transmitted</header><text>Not later than 43 days
before any election for Federal office held in a State, such State shall submit
a report to the Attorney General and the Presidential Designee, and make that
report publicly available that same day, certifying whether all absentee
ballots validly requested by absent uniformed services voters and overseas
voters whose requests were received by the 46th day before the election have
been transmitted to such voters by such date. The report shall be in a form
prescribed by the Attorney General and shall require the State to certify
specific information about ballot transmission, including the total numbers of
ballot requests received and ballots transmitted, from each unit of local
government which will administer the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7AA0F76C2E2B4544B2C4161C71C68935"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Post election
report on number of absentee ballots transmitted and received</header><text>Not
later than 90
days</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id862F15A16B724A909CBF032C65825F10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading for subsection (c) of section 102 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(c)) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Report on number of absentee ballots transmitted and
received</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Reports on absentee
ballots</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDacead6b6e3134dd48d638d7de961c49f"><enum>202.</enum><header>Transmission
requirements; repeal of waiver provision</header>
<subsection id="idF6B31CFE0C51462699D69BBE55DE700A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (8) of
section 102(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42
U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1C8B1E59B8849BB84DBA5B2DE5276A1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD362D151EFAD49FA92AFCD68F94D91A8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>transmit a
validly requested absentee ballot to an absent uniformed services voter or
overseas voter by the date and in the manner determined under subsection
(g);</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idC36AD6999EE7416BAE4F8C2B08B2A05A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ballot
transmission requirements and repeal of waiver
provision</header><text>Subsection (g) of section 102 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–1(g)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38E90786A55B464AA6DF202A513DC2AD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idCE3FD276B34746AA8EB8912B743D2071"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Ballot
transmission requirements</header>
<paragraph id="id7124A42D313649DF970CE1A174C6DF98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(8), in the case in which a
valid request for an absentee ballot is received at least 46 days before an
election for Federal office, the following rules shall apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="id4B80494A854B47EF9258CBE610DC1DBC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The State shall transmit the absentee ballot not later
than 46 days before the election.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12B6F4582DC641C08FA69E6B6079D076"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rules
in case of failure to transmit on time</header>
<clause id="id29C2160EA3B64EEB9DC0C1BEB87537EE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the State fails to transmit any absentee ballot by the
46th day before the election as required by subparagraph (A) and the absent
uniformed services voter or overseas voter did not request electronic ballot
submission pursuant to subsection (f), the State shall transmit such ballot by
express delivery.</text>
</clause><clause id="id3CC73D2796EB445489EE525CD5A3CC44"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extended
failure</header><text>If the State fails to transmit any absentee ballot by the
41st day before the election, in addition to transmitting the ballot as
provided in clause (i), the State shall—</text>
<subclause id="id7D6DC537515643D081474BC119439842"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of
absentee ballots requested by absent uniformed services voters with respect to
regularly scheduled general elections, notify such voters of the procedures
established under section 103A for the collection and delivery of marked
absentee ballots; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6F8DBF18A89B4E8DA0A85A9E4C58EAFA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in any other
case, provide, at the State's expense, for the return of such ballot by express
delivery.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id695E338DA76C45DFAB792090ED985A05"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>A
State’s compliance with this subparagraph does not bar the Attorney General
from seeking additional remedies necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id21CB59F92164466CA74D8FE2BAB0F6B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requests
received after 46th day before election</header><text>For purposes of
subsection (a)(8), in the case in which a valid request for an absentee ballot
is received less than 46 days before an election for Federal office, the State
shall transmit the absentee ballot—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BC7F2A23837479D894C20112BA99120"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in accordance
with State law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7BB46775A2CF43678FF2C18D9D624E72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if practicable
and as determined appropriate by the State, in a manner that expedites the
transmission of such absentee
ballot.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDaf7284b461b34dd1930fca9760ad3a5b"><enum>203.</enum><header>Clarification
of State responsibility, civil penalties, and private right of action</header>
<subsection id="ID32d4486a0cdf42fd8a2b524af3c16eda"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Section
105 (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75C1D39C0A6F4CECB0A2834B18E00EDE" style="OLC">
<section id="id8558FBD1FCF4402382E89F2F961B4D72"><enum>105.</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<subsection id="ID66c1cd104cb14475814beedced8b37b5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an
appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be
necessary to carry out this title. In any such action, the only necessary party
defendant is the State and it shall not be a defense to such action that local
election officials are not also named as defendants.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID20d9b3714d8b4942990943352766a7c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Civil
penalty</header><text>In a civil action brought under subsection (a), if the
court finds that a State violated any provision of this Act, it may, to
vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the State—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd206d7617f484a2f921ae02213fd0b9d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in an amount not
exceeding $110,000, for a first violation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID873305da7cbd4cf69f24844051dd34a4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in an amount not
exceeding $220,000, for any subsequent violation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf433b7d6076d472b8d9ce85a0be251ab"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than December 31 of each year, the Attorney
General shall submit to Congress an annual report on any civil action brought
under subsection (a) during the preceding year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa500e6c7505c42c58529b590fb1913f3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Private right
of action</header><text>A person who is aggrieved by a State’s violation of
this Act, may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for such
declaratory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out this Act. In
any such action, the only necessary party defendant is the State, and it shall
not be a defense to such action that local election officials are not also
named as defendants.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID72ed9e0f61ef4a3eb071f3c7fbf1387e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Attorney’s
fees</header><text>In a civil action under this section, the court may allow
the prevailing party (other than the United States) reasonable attorney’s fees,
including litigation expenses, and
costs.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDac8a97b19db14f4aa516af96e50a8e50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of
clarification regarding delegation of state
responsibility</header><text>Section 576 of the Military and Overseas Voter
Empowerment Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1 note) is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID361a862a6f4f470cae4249d1dcd2cc14"><enum>204.</enum><header>Treatment of
early ballot requests</header>
<subsection id="id5CC0D4C5CD924E8192FE1F36C220B33E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of
prohibition of refusal of applications on grounds of early submission to
overseas voters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–3)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id33A0949D63734F99A195D2F481192C6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or overseas
voter</quote> after <quote>submitted by an absent uniformed services
voter</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE7EFF551E0B34E7387191FBAB729A9AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or who do not reside outside the United States</quote> after <quote>who
are not members of the uniformed services</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16A919EFE3C645D9A7A8FD8F0EA82471"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of single
application for subsequent elections</header>
<paragraph id="idBE338C7DCEA643B189CE9BFD4D623DA1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 104 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–3) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0188D64781E445B4B9F4C6436139932A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A State</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id897750FF8234434F9B4E674370B59695" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idEB8CFDFFBDCF4D9297CD8BEFC2C01E6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition of
refusal of applications on grounds of early submission</header><text>A
State</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>,
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBCF0E1A3232849809791D8D792BD23D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77C12E151D3A4F5CB7DC60C2866CF51D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idB9F5D5454F7B427AA802F51F9E580784"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application
treated as valid for subsequent elections</header>
<paragraph id="idA3B244F94E56492396A8B10D29A10D51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a State accepts and processes a request for an
absentee ballot by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter and the
voter requests that the application be considered an application for an
absentee ballot for each subsequent election for Federal office held in the
State through the next regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
(including any runoff elections which may occur as a result of the outcome of
such general election), the State shall provide an absentee ballot to the voter
for each such subsequent election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBAF322DF3BF54698BD909FCD9F5CB139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for
voters changing registration</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply with
respect to a voter registered to vote in a State for any election held after
the voter notifies the State that the voter no longer wishes to be registered
to vote in the State or after the State determines that the voter has
registered to vote in another
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEE935DFEEF714B0CB0B9B9E829C90F8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading of section 104 of such Act is amended by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Prohibition of
refusal of applications on grounds of early submission</header-in-text></quote>
and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Treatment of
early ballot requests</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDd0cc41dad99145f8b1d04b4a5f6f684a"><enum>205.</enum><header>Applicability
to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (6) and (8) of section 107 of the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–6(6)) are
each amended by striking <quote>and American Samoa</quote> and inserting
<quote>American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id37C809D37335488F9FFCC0A351EC880C"><enum>206.</enum><header>Related
changes to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—clarification of prohibited
discrimination, private right of action, and available relief</header>
<subsection id="ID8297b8bedcd3416791b7f4d12a443b9f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification
of prohibited discrimination</header><text>Section 601 of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb636aba302d141c0b482f15d68376fee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>No</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) No</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc595f0e62bf244b6a4b7adfb7c769081"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7A98C040C3A4996AB88FCF6CCEDE002" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID1f6842ea53554cf09dd49686fc0a63ec"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idAAA9C07F1A2D49EC9A660D0216B50ECC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Discrimination based on
disparate impact with respect to a program or activity is established under
this section only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc085eea3d41f443a90584550ec67f102" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Federal department or agency, or any
person aggrieved, demonstrates that an entity subject to this title has a
policy or practice with respect to the program or activity that causes a
disparate impact on the basis of race, color, or national origin; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC70D715880F4C36AA66F592A35ADC56" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9254A52E94804C7695B89F4FA1DD3EC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the entity fails to
demonstrate that the challenged policy or practice is related to, and necessary
to achieve, the substantial and legitimate nondiscriminatory goals of the
program or activity; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id28A9C5EB93954074A69609C83A880112" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Federal department or agency, or
the person aggrieved, demonstrates that a less discriminatory alternative
policy or practice exists, and the entity refuses to adopt such alternative
policy or practice.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6F5AAD1EAEF84C7B9CFE14F4857C0061" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>demonstrates</term> means meets the burdens of production and
persuasion.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID82ccf7b6047f44b5a3dee15a8783a139"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Private right
of action and available relief</header><text>Section 602 of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID12096e547cd146a1846f8af00dede105"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Each</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) Each</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a9a01ca21634bec8e53703fe93ceca1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C76EBC43C724F9FAE21F8A93FBF8EAA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDc6ae3cc226d44384b7729cb211522d4c"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Any person
aggrieved by the failure of an entity to comply with section 601 may bring a
civil action in any Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction to enforce
such person’s rights and may recover equitable relief, reasonable attorney’s
fees, and costs. The aggrieved person may also recover legal relief (including
compensatory and, from nongovernmental entities, punitive damages) in the case
of noncompliance that is intentional discrimination.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ideab93ab1fe614760b84d3508675ef1a9"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Nothing in
subsection (b) limits the authority of a Federal department or agency to
enforce section 601.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5582C781603D4E76B8108B8C2EA8649E"><enum>207.</enum><header>Related
changes to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972—clarification of
prohibited discrimination, private right of action, and available
relief</header>
<subsection id="IDd513163efd12441081742ab87abb0c7c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification
of prohibited discrimination</header><text>Section 901 of the Education
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID15a4c2899caa4daf8e93ca99ccb41f3d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID70fac1bf5d94454d8d0c23bf835ca426"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3013ECE729D402D94D41FCC0AAF7685" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDaeb8b15742ed4d0eb8851e9591842554"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBB6312C56FA044FABA14870516AF51CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to the
conditions described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a),
discrimination based on disparate impact with respect to a program or activity
is established under this section only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE7F9BB4502304E569282091AA1C38ABC" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Federal department or agency, or any
person aggrieved, demonstrates that an entity subject to this title has a
policy or practice with respect to the program or activity that causes a
disparate impact on the basis of sex; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0E5A31DFEF8E4974AB05F3521317106F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8429CB5EAC2640BD9DA2DCE8CC101C12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the entity fails to
demonstrate that the challenged policy or practice is related to, and necessary
to achieve, the substantial and legitimate nondiscriminatory goals of the
program or activity; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idDC5B70D714B247048DD284F8F18F3610" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Federal department or agency, or
the person aggrieved, demonstrates that a less discriminatory alternative
policy or practice exists, and the entity refuses to adopt such alternative
policy or practice.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6FAE89AA9AAE4B1CB7C60AE1616166F3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>demonstrates</term> means meets the burdens of production and
persuasion.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb4b2f7ec2f304b739e832f3fb6f004f3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Private right
of action and available relief</header><text>Section 902 of the Education
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1682) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe9548edfda204dee9d09c7a812e69e91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by adding at the end the following: <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="OLC">; private right of action and
available relief</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD21EA0D0FCD1411096F160ED047170D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Each</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) Each</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2596c9e8c52f429c8c123f3ce346f136"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3BBF060D970432FA528560FDF40E5C5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDde41298c64e14c35853b83b08267d189"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Any person
aggrieved by the failure of an entity to comply with section 901 may bring a
civil action in any Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction to enforce
such person’s rights and may recover equitable relief, reasonable attorney’s
fees, and costs. The aggrieved person may also recover legal relief (including
compensatory and, from nongovernmental entities, punitive damages) in the case
of noncompliance that is intentional discrimination.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ide7ae7e8b5b8a4fa4978bb516c747fc53"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Nothing in
subsection (b) limits the authority of a Federal department or agency to
enforce section
901.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Amendments to
chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code</header>
<section id="ID67bf0c9252e3478c817baea4ea054842"><enum>301.</enum><header>Enforcement of
rights of members of uniformed services with respect to States and private
employers</header>
<subsection id="id44907B76C85A4DD99FB274BA363BED4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Action for
relief</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 4323 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA8AC473B39CD47688F05B1F02B4F6137"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9F815FCB5C704F9A87134F25B8D097BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>appear on behalf of, and act as attorney for, the person on whose behalf
the complaint is submitted and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD8A3BA136F2243F89D9BC5A384480358"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for such person</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id000188C2DEA3481788E565553FEB25F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the
fourth sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBAB65ED9CC704066AE079E54F13B9270"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>The person on whose behalf the complaint is referred
may, upon timely application, intervene in such action, and may obtain such
appropriate relief as is provided in subsections (d) and (e).</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1300441BF09743F698AD99CAA5F5B98A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C66AFC6E9DB4B9997E45E3CD59B32B9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id09a42dee53ff4f12b27de6e118a41d09" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFB050C6EA72F4F589BFEB350F5EFEA50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 60 days
after the date the Attorney General receives a referral under paragraph (1),
the Attorney General shall transmit, in writing, to the person on whose behalf
the complaint is submitted—</text>
<clause id="id03F22D4B23214A95A60E6CDE027E47B1" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the Attorney General has made a
decision to commence an action for relief under paragraph (1) relating to the
complaint of the person, notice of the decision; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5BE6E45D4273471981613D27EF918F60" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Attorney General has not made
such a decision, notice of when the Attorney General expects to make such a
decision.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC2E73304C3C459C8EC8DF1DC7499300" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the Attorney General notifies a
person that the Attorney General expects to make a decision under subparagraph
(A)(ii), the Attorney General shall, not later than 30 days after the date on
which the Attorney General makes such decision, notify, in writing, the person
of such
decision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3E60CA283A4B455BAFF963E0522A341A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4B1E9BBB83BF4FE19F31AB90429B779F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0341F7991EB4E458D1D752E3812AD7E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idE0882614140B48D68614D5E2ADF8BC61" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Whenever the Attorney General has
reasonable cause to believe that a State (as an employer) or a private employer
is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any
of the rights and benefits provided for under this chapter, and that the
pattern or practice is of such a nature and denies the full exercise of such
rights and benefits, the Attorney General may commence an action for relief
under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7293F2A8E2C945E4B677E7010B3F7295"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting
the following new subparagraph (C):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7E357AD2BF34B7D9CEF594A5EB2FB48" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDf18c0ddaf7934f66a07358d3b065681a" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has been notified by the Attorney
General that the Attorney General does not intend to commence an action for
relief under paragraph (1) with respect to the complaint under such
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID37e63bec56324eb696850ad27cac0a2e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>Subsection
(f) of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id761DDECFD04849E7B1469667CB0BD490" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDa1b7265b4f1342f29534f59e52d6b1f0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>An
action under this chapter may be initiated only by the Attorney General or by a
person claiming rights or benefits under this chapter under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID485d6e07dff74d6e879658f2d05a4983"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Subsection (h)(2) of such section is amended by
striking <quote>under subsection (a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>under
paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id088C4DB256D24D11A92C3E1A2B938B27"><enum>302.</enum><header>Issuance and
service of civil investigative demands by Attorney General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4323 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE27C6B6255634F92AF2D0B48B44F7CD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (i) as
subsection (j); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id185ECB7724044DDE8AE9E68BA082237B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (h) the
following new subsection (i):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id292F204C88654B8A9907D1DCCD08C3FE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id0AEE6AEBE77A48E2873E75A940DE9FA7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Issuance and
service of civil investigative demands</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD34EC8B9A74E457DAAE310314D6A8106"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Whenever the Attorney
General has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or
control of any documentary material relevant to an investigation under this
subchapter, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil action under
subsection (a), issue in writing and serve upon such person, a civil
investigative demand requiring—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8391F140C2E54BDE84B9818737AC81E1" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the production of such documentary
material for inspection and copying;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDDDD7FDB0D9143D7B34FA41C3AD92526" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the custodian of such documentary
material answer in writing written questions with respect to such documentary
material; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24C07CEF471240639931F48FC82FA1F7" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the production of any combination of
such documentary material or answers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A327F90A946468A80041841241E926A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The provisions of section 3733 of
title 31 governing the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative
demands shall apply with respect to the authority to issue, use, and enforce
civil investigative demands under this section, except that, for purposes of
applying such section 3733—</text>
<subparagraph id="id691E736995FB46AAB8DA69C98ECB1BDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>references to false claims law
investigators or investigations shall be considered references to investigators
or investigations under this subchapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A28D930294D45E1B08B5265BFC2F087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>references to interrogatories shall be
considered references to written questions, and answers to such need not be
under oath;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25D9814C40D6424E95FE18D24808DA43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the definitions relating to
<term>false claims law</term> shall not apply; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58B986A283C24275BFFA095E70A75A9F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provisions relating to qui tam
relators shall not
apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID83a5b529e14a48c5af8de96e58d4d403"><enum>303.</enum><header>Related
changes to title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964—civil investigative
demands</header>
<subsection id="ID74e02c8ad56f46688689641cf668a792"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 707 of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–6) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAE425C72FF724472BE74EFB96824B891"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3F4FA3DEE3754B509CFE64650F46F43C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6E030ADF65D41548658B745A7A36539" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID4e787d1ed1c84ce5b22c921260f11fc5"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3E544D78B45042ACA690AB40D0880CA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Whenever the Attorney
General has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or
control of any documentary material relevant to an investigation under this
title, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil action under
subsection (a), issue in writing and cause to be served upon such person, a
civil investigative demand requiring—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDef12b3ef9df44d32870bd526b0d13e05" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the production of such documentary
material for inspection and copying;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID27a8a685bf004771860be6e7cd3e700f" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the custodian of such documentary
material answer in writing written questions with respect to such documentary
material; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2de6f7acc33d45e59bde3e41bf576c77" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the production of any combination of
such documentary material or answers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id160A6CCBBC5D4E65B60E0E3D57EFE7AA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The statutory provisions of section
3733 of title 31, United States Code, governing the authority to issue, use,
and enforce civil investigative demands shall apply with respect to the
authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative demands under this
section, except that, for purposes of applying that section 3733—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA7BD2D6D98B54803BE7C4F5CADF237F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>references to false claims law
investigators or investigations shall be considered to be references to
employment discrimination investigators or investigations under this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4B9EA8FC14142D09DA5A709A823A20E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>references to interrogatories shall be
considered to be references to written questions, and answers to such need not
be under oath;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83DACC8D8CE84BE093E38B86FD3E9FF0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the statutory definition relating to
<term>false claims law</term> shall not apply; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27911C8D2F9C4B239D57D3455853CD95"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provisions relating to qui tam
relators shall not
apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5C69FFBC9AD3498799BAD13077D06CD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsections (d) and
(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (e) and (f)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFD31DA3B71054D01B90AAD1F7AE854EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection
(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>