Equal Opportunity in Federal Employment Act

Summary

Equal Opportunity in Federal Employment Act - Amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (equal employment opportunities) to establish an Office of Equal Employment Opportunity in each United States department, agency, or unit, to which the prohibition on discriminatory practices stated by such title applies. Specifies the functions of each Office to be: (1) advising the head of the department, agency, or unit in which such Office is located with respect to the preparation of the national and regional equal employment opportunity plans, procedures, regulations, reports, and related matters; (2) implementing and evaluating the equal employment opportunity program of such department, agency, or unit; (3) counselling employees of such department, agency, or unit who have complaints of discrimination; (4) investigating formal complaints of individual and class discrimination; and (5) resolving, either informally or formally, complaints of discrimination. Specifies additional programs to be included in the national and regional equal employment opportunity plan which each department, agency, or unit must submit to the Civil Service Commission for the purpose of maintaining an affirmative program of equal employment opportunity.

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Timeline

1. 13 October 1978

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 13 October 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 13 October 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 October 1978

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Steers, Newton I., Jr. [R-MD-8] · R · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

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