[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 983--A bill to amend certain Federal civil rights statutes to
prevent the involuntary application of arbitration to claims that
arise from unlawful employment discrimination based on race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability, and for
other purposes; to the Committees on Education and the Workforce;
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Jackson, Ms.
Furse, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Berman, Mr. Olver, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Eddie
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Frost, Mr. Dellums, Mr.
Vento, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Flake, Mr. Stark, Mr. Rush, Mr.
Nadler, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Fattah, and Ms.
Norton), H803 [6MR]
Cosponsors added, H950 [12MR], H1112 [18MR], H1289 [21MR], H1340
[8AP], H1542 [15AP], H1795 [23AP], H1892 [24AP], H2091 [30AP], H2680
[14MY], H3660 [10JN], H3797 [12JN], H4087 [19JN], H5177 [11JY],
H5487 [17JY], H5569 [22JY], H5778 [24JY], H5916 [28JY], H6918 [4SE],
H8054 [26SE], H8633 [7OC], H8833 [9OC], H9039 [22OC], H9614 [28OC]