[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Part XXV





Equal Employment Opportunity Commission





-----------------------------------------------------------------------



Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

[[Page 65360]]



EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)                         


  



_______________________________________________________________________

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

29 CFR Ch. XIV

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

_______________________________________________________________________

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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy R. Mastroianni, Associate Legal 
Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 1801 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20507; telephone (202) 
663-4637.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has identified six items in 
this regulatory 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 appropriate sequence number in part II.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of August 2005.

For the Commission.

 Cari M. Dominguez,

Chair.

                          Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Regulation
 Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
  Number                                                                                               Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3412        Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other Than Age................................    3046-AA76
3413        Coverage Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...............................    3046-AA78
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                            Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Regulation
 Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
  Number                                                                                               Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3414        Coordination of Retiree Health Benefits With Medicare and State Health Benefits (Reg      3046-AA72
            Plan Seq No. 132).....................................................................
3415        Posting Requirements Under the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination       3046-AA74
            and Retaliation Act...................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.


                           Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Regulation
 Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
  Number                                                                                               Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3416        Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Processing......................    3046-AA73
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                           Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Regulation
 Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
  Number                                                                                               Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3417        Freedom of Information Act Fee Schedule...............................................    3046-AA75
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

_______________________________________________________________________


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)      Proposed Rule Stage


  



_______________________________________________________________________




3412. [bull] DISPARATE IMPACT AND REASONABLE FACTORS OTHER THAN AGE

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 628

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1625.7(d)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In Smith v. City of Jackson, 125 S. Ct. 1536 (2005), the U.S. 
Supreme Court affirmed that disparate impact is a cognizable theory of 
discrimination under the ADEA but indicated that ``reasonable factors 
other than age,'' not ``business necessity,'' is the appropriate model 
for the employers' defense against an impact claim. Accordingly, the 
Commission

[[Page 65361]]

intends to revise its regulation on disparate impact, currently 
codified at 29 CFR section 1625.7(d).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/06

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local

Agency Contact: Dianna B. Johnston, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4638
TDD Phone: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA76
_______________________________________________________________________




3413. [bull] COVERAGE UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 621 et seq

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1625.2; 29 CFR 1625.4 to 1625.5

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In General Dynamics Land Systems v. Cline, 540 U.S. 581 
(2004), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) only prohibits age-based discrimination 
against relatively older individuals. It rejected the Commission's 
position that the ADEA also prohibits age-based discrimination against 
relatively younger individuals who are age 40 or over. The Commission 
is therefore revising relevant portions of its regulations to conform 
to the holding in Cline.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/06

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State

Agency Contact: Dianna B. Johnston, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4638
TDD Phone: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA78
_______________________________________________________________________


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)         Final Rule Stage


  



_______________________________________________________________________




3414. COORDINATION OF RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS WITH MEDICARE AND STATE 
HEALTH BENEFITS

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 132 in part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 3046-AA72
_______________________________________________________________________




3415. POSTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE 
ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION ACT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: PL 107-174, sec 303

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1614.701 et seq

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 1, 2003.

Abstract: Title III of the Notification and Federal Employee 
Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 requires each Federal 
agency to post on its website certain statistical information about 
equal employment opportunity complaints that it receives and processes 
under 29 CFR part 1614. The Act authorizes EEOC to issue regulations 
defining certain terms and prescribing the time, form, and manner of 
the posting.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              01/26/04                     69 FR 3483
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      04/26/04
Final Action                    01/00/06

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: 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: 202 663-4668
TDD Phone: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA74
_______________________________________________________________________


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)        Long-Term Actions


  



_______________________________________________________________________




3416. FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMPLAINT PROCESSING

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1614

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter
Phone: 202 663-4668
TDD Phone: 202 663-7026
Fax: 202 663-4639

[[Page 65362]]

Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA73
_______________________________________________________________________


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)        Completed Actions


  



_______________________________________________________________________




3417. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FEE SCHEDULE

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1610

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/01/05                    70 FR 38060
Final Action                    10/03/05                    70 FR 57510

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter
Phone: 202 663-4668
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA75
[FR Doc. 05-17869 Filed 10-28-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6570-01-S