[ The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Part XXIII





Equal Employment Opportunity Commission





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)                   
  
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

29 CFR Ch. XIV

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or 
Commission) is publishing its semiannual regulatory agenda pursuant to 
Executive Order 12866, 58 FR 51735, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 
5 U.S.C. chapter 6. The agenda lists all regulations that are scheduled 
for review or development during the next 12 months or that have been 
finalized since the publication of the last agenda.

    For this edition of EEOC's regulatory agenda, the most 
important significant regulatory action is included in The 
Regulatory Plan, which appears in part II of this issue of the 
Federal Register. The Regulatory Plan entry is listed in the table 
of contents below and is denoted by a bracketed bold reference, 
which directs the reader to the appropriate sequence number in part 
II.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen J. Vargyas, Legal Counsel, 
Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 
L Street NW., Washington, DC 20507; telephone (202) 663-7197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has identified 10 items for 
inclusion in this regulatory agenda. Nine of these items are currently 
under development or review by Commission staff, and one item is final.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of September 1998.

For the Commission.

Paul M. Igasaki,

Chairman.

                                                Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                     Regulation
 Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
  Number                                                                                               Number
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3836         Procedures for Complaints of Employment Discrimination by Previously Exempt State and
            Local Government Employees............................................................    3046-AA56
3837         Procedures for Collection of Debts by Administrative Offset..........................    3046-AA65
3838         Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Procedures (Reg Plan Seq. No. 142).......    3046-AA66
3839         Availability of Records..............................................................   3046-AA67
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.


                                                Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                     Regulation
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  Number                                                                                               Number
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3840         Procedures--The Age Discrimination in Employment Act.................................    3046-AA54
3841         Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity..........................................    3046-AA57
3842         Disparate Impact Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)...............    3046-AA64
3843         Waivers of Rights and Claims: Status of Consideration................................    3046-AA68
3844         Coordination of Functions; Memorandum of Understanding Between EEOC and Department of
            Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.................................    3046-AA69
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                                                Completed Actions
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                                                                                                     Regulation
 Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
  Number                                                                                               Number
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3845         Regulations Interpreting Title II of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990
            (OWBPA)...............................................................................    3046-AA58
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)   Final Rule Stage
  
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3836. PROCEDURES FOR COMPLAINTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BY 
PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  2 USC 1220, sec 321 of Government Employee Rights Act 
of 1991; 42 USC 2000e et seq, title VII of the Civil Rights Act; 29 USC 
621 et seq, Age Discrimination in Employment Act; 42 USC 12101 et seq, 
Americans with Disabilities Act

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1603

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADEA, 
and the ADA, certain staff members of State and local elected officials 
were exempt from protection against employment discrimination. Section 
321 of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 extends employment 
discrimination protections to the employment of persons who have been 
chosen or appointed by a State or local elected public official to 
serve on his or her personal staff, to serve the elected official on 
the policymaking level, or to serve as an immediate advisor with 
respect to the exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of the 
official's office.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              04/10/97                    62 FR 17542
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      06/09/97
Final Action                    01/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office 
of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4669
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA56
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3837. PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF DEBTS BY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET

Priority:  Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority:  5 USC 5514; 31 USC 3716; 31 USC 3720A; 5 CFR 550.1101

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1650

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As required by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 
the Commission is issuing regulations for the collection of debts by 
administrative offset.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              06/17/97                    62 FR 32685
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      08/18/97
Final Action                    01/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office 
of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4669
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA65
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3838. FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROCEDURES

Regulatory Plan:  This entry is Seq. No. 142 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 3046-AA66
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3839. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS

Priority:  Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552; PL 105-231

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1610

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission is revising its Freedom of Information Act 
regulations to comply with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act 
Amendments of 1996, to implement a delegation of Regional Attorney's 
FOIA responsibilities, to update office addresses, and to correct 
typographical errors.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              01/09/98                     63 FR 1339
Final Action                    01/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office 
of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4669
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA67
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)  Long-Term Actions
  
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3840. PROCEDURES--THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  29 USC 628, sec 115, Civil Rights Act of 1991

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1626

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 115 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 deleted 
references to the Portal to Portal Act from the private suit provisions 
of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and replaced them 
with a requirement that suit be filed no later than 90 days after 
termination of proceedings or dismissal of a charge by EEOC. 
Accordingly, section 1626.7(a) is being deleted and section 1626.15(b) 
is being revised because they were both based upon the Portal to Portal 
Act. New sections are being added concerning termination of EEOC

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proceedings and the issuance of notices of the new 90-day limitation 
period.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office 
of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4669
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA54
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3841. FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  PL 102-569, The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 
1992; 42 USC 2000e-16; 29 USC 633a; 29 USC 794a

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1614

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed amendments to this regulation implement the 
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992. Those amendments provide that 
the standards used to determine if title I of the Americans With 
Disabilities Act has been violated will apply to complaints of 
nonaffirmative action employment discrimination under the 
Rehabilitation Act.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office 
of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4669
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA57
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3842. DISPARATE IMPACT UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 
(ADEA)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  29 USC 628

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1625.7 (Revision); 29 CFR 1625.23 (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission proposes to issue legislative regulations to 
reaffirm and clarify its long-standing interpretive rule regarding the 
availability of the disparate impact theory under the ADEA. The 
proposed rule also would set forth the nature and order of proof in 
such disparate impact cases.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph N. Cleary, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4647
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA64
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3843. WAIVERS OF RIGHTS AND CLAIMS: STATUS OF CONSIDERATION

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552; 29 USC 628; 42 USC 2000e; 42 USC 12101; 29 
USC 206(d)

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1625

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Following the United States Supreme Court's decision in Oubre 
v. Entergy Operations, Inc., No. 96-1291, 1998 WL 23157 (U.S., Jan. 26, 
1998), the Commission intends to develop guidance on the status of 
consideration paid for a waiver of rights and claims under the laws it 
enforces.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Carol R. Miaskoff, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4689
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA68
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3844.  COORDINATION OF FUNCTIONS; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 
BETWEEN EEOC AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT 
COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2000e-12(a); 42 USC 2000e-14; 42 USC 2000e-
4(g); EO 12067

CFR Citation:  None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The existing 1981 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between 
EEOC and OFCCP sets forth complaint processing and information sharing 
procedures to coordinate enforcement under title VII and EO 11246. The 
changes contemplated for the MOU would authorize OFCCP to act as EEOC's 
agent to process and resolve the title VII component of dual-filed EO 
11246/title VII complaints retained by OFCCP under existing procedures. 
The contemplated changes also would add new language about 
confidentiality.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Carol R. Miaskoff, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4689
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA69

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)  Completed Actions
  
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3845. REGULATIONS INTERPRETING TITLE II OF THE OLDER WORKERS BENEFIT 
PROTECTION ACT OF 1990 (OWBPA)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  29 CFR 1625

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    06/05/98                    63 FR 30624
Final Action Effective          07/06/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Joseph N. Cleary
Phone: 202 663-4647
TDD: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

RIN: 3046-AA58
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