[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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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 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 eight 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 the appropriate sequence number in part II.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 26th day of July 2006.

For the Commission.

 Cari M. Dominguez,

Chair.

                          Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                     Regulation
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  Number                                                                                               Number
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3375        Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other Than Age................................    3046-AA76
3376        Revision of Race and Ethnicity Data Collection Method.................................    3046-AA81
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                            Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                     Regulation
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  Number                                                                                               Number
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3377        Coverage Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...............................    3046-AA78
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                           Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                     Regulation
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  Number                                                                                               Number
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3378        Coordination of Retiree Health Benefits With Medicare and State Health Benefits (Reg      3046-AA72
            Plan Seq No. 134A)....................................................................
3379        Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Processing......................    3046-AA73
3380        Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs and Activities Conducted by      3046-AA82
            the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Accessibility in Electronic and
            Information Technology................................................................
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                           Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                     Regulation
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3381        Posting Requirements Under the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination       3046-AA74
            and Retaliation Act...................................................................
3382        Repositioning of Commission Field Offices.............................................    3046-AA80
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3375. 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, 544 U.S. 228 (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 intends to revise its regulation on disparate impact, 
currently codified at 29 CFR section 1625.7(d).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/00/07

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: 202 663-4074
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA76
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3376. [bull] REVISION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA COLLECTION METHOD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2000e-8(c); 42 USC 2000e-12(a)

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1602.13

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This NPRM will conform the Commission's rules to a key change 
for the revised EEO-1 for reporting years starting in 2007. EEOC will 
propose to make employee self-identification the preferred method for 
collecting race and ethnic data on employees. The current rule permits 
employers to gather this data from revised surveys or from employment 
records.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            02/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Local, State, 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: 202 663-4668
TDD Phone: 202 663-4074
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA81
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3377. 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:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            08/11/06                    71 FR 46177
NPRM Comment Period End         10/10/06
Final Action                    09/00/07

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
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3378. COORDINATION OF RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS WITH MEDICARE AND STATE 
HEALTH BENEFITS

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 134A in part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 3046-AA72

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3379. FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMPLAINT PROCESSING

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1614

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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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: 202 663-4074
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA73
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3380. [bull] NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN PROGRAMS 
AND ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
AND ACCESSIBILITY IN ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC secs 794, 794(f)(2)

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1615.101; 29 CFR 1615.102; 29 CFR 1615.103; 29 CFR 
1615.135; 29 CFR 1615.140; 29 CFR 1615.170

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proposes to amend 
its regulation at 29 CFR part 1615 to establish that all complaints 
under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 
U.S.C. section 794d(f)(2) (section 508), whether filed by members of 
the public or EEOC employees, will be processed under the procedures in 
29 CFR section 1615.170 (d-m) (procedures for section 504 public 
complaints). This NPRM also would update terminology in 29 CFR part 
1615, which outlines how EEOC enforces section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act with respect to its own programs and activities.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Carol R. Miaskoff, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20507
Phone: 202 663-4645
TDD Phone: 202 663-4074
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA82
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3381. POSTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE 
ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION ACT

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1614.701 et seq

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    08/02/06                    71 FR 43643

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter
Phone: 202 663-4668
TDD Phone: 202 663-4074
Fax: 202 663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA74
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3382. REPOSITIONING OF COMMISSION FIELD OFFICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1601; 29 CFR 1603; 29 CFR 1610; 29 CFR 1615; 29 
CFR 1621; 29 CFR 1626

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    05/09/06                    71 FR 26827

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter
Phone: 202 663-4668
TDD Phone: 202 663-4074
Fax: 202-663-4639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3046-AA80
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