[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 2574 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2574


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2020

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                   Education, and Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore the right 
 to individual civil actions in cases involving disparate impact, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF RIGHT TO CIVIL ACTION IN DISPARATE IMPACT CASES 
              UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.

    Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 607.  The violation of any regulation relating to disparate 
impact issued under section 602 shall give rise to a private civil 
cause of action for its enforcement to the same extent as does an 
intentional violation of the prohibition of section 601.''.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MONITORS UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 
              OF 1964.

    Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 608. (a) Each recipient shall--
            ``(1) designate at least one employee to coordinate its 
        efforts to comply with requirements adopted pursuant to section 
        602 and carry out the responsibilities of the recipient under 
        this title, including any investigation of any complaint 
        alleging the noncompliance of the recipient with such 
        requirements or alleging any actions prohibited under this 
        title; and
            ``(2) notify its students and employees of the name, office 
        address, and telephone number of each employee designated under 
        paragraph (1).
    ``(b) In this section, the term `recipient' means a recipient 
referred to in section 602 that operates an education program or 
activity receiving Federal financial assistance authorized or extended 
by the Secretary of Education.
    ``(c) Antisemitism Considered Discrimination.--In carrying out the 
responsibilities of the recipient under this title, the employee or 
employees designated under this section shall consider antisemitism to 
be discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin as 
prohibited by this title.''.

SEC. 4. SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

    Section 202(b) of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 
U.S.C. 3412(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3), the following:
    ``(4) There shall be in the Department, a Special Assistant for 
Equity and Inclusion who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The 
Special Assistant shall promote, coordinate, and evaluate efforts to 
engender program compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and inform individuals of their rights 
under such Act, including the dissemination of information, technical 
assistance, and coordination of research activities, in a manner 
consistent with such Act. The Special Assistant shall advise both the 
Secretary and Deputy Secretary on matters relating to compliance with 
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 16, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.