Federal Employee Fairness Act of 1991

Summary

Federal Employee Fairness Act of 1991 - Amends title VII (Equal Employment Opportunities) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide for coverage and administrative determination by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of Federal employee discrimination claims under title VII. Requires Federal agencies to make voluntary counseling and a voluntary alternative dispute process available to Federal employees to resolve complaints. Prohibits such agencies from: (1) requiring Federal employees to participate in such counseling or dispute process; or (2) discouraging them from filing title VII discrimination complaints. Entitles the Federal employee, if a settlement agreement has not been reached with the respondent, to either: (1) file with the EEOC a request for determination of the title VII claim by an EEOC administrative judge or, under certain conditions, by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), or under certain administrative and judicial procedures under Federal law relating to Federal employees; or (2) commence a civil action in an appropriate U.S. district court for de novo review of such title VII claim. Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) with respect to nondiscrimination on account of age in Federal Government employment and EEOC enforcement of the prohibition. Allows aggrieved individuals to either: (1) file a complaint with the Commission in accordance with, and in the same manner as claims under, title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; or (2) commence a civil action, within a specified period, in an appropriate U.S. district court for de novo review of the violation. Requires the EEOC to: (1) notify promptly all persons named in the notice as prospective defendants in such action; and (2) take any appropriate action to eliminate any unlawful practice. Allows individuals with a complaint pending before the EEOC during a specified period the opportunity to commence a civil action within a specified period. Amends Federal law relating to Federal employees with respect to grievance procedures and actions involving discrimination. Allows a Federal employee to commence, within 120 days after a final decision in a grievance procedure, a civil action in an appropriate U.S. district court for de novo review of a complaint of discrimination prohibited by any law administered by the EEOC. Allows a Federal employee or applicant for Federal employment to file a complaint with the EEOC in accordance with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and select specified administrative and judicial procedures under title VII or other Federal law relating to Federal employees for grievance procedures or actions involving discrimination. Directs the agency (including the EEOC and the MSPB) that carries out such selected procedures to apply the appropriate substantive law. Allows a Federal employee who elected specified procedures, if the EEOC dismisses the claim under title VII, to raise the action within a certain time period under other specified procedures relating to Federal employees, except that no allegation of a kind involving specified Federal laws against discrimination cited in the dismissed complaint may be thus raised. Entitles a Federal employee to file within a specified period a civil action in the appropriate U.S. district court for de novo review of the action raised under specified procedures if there is no judicially reviewable action at the end of a specified period. Directs the EEOC, within one year after enactment of this Act, to issue rules to: (1) assist Federal Government entities to comply with this Act; and (2) establish a uniform written notice and requirements applicable to collecting and preserving documents and information.

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Timeline

1. 22 October 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 October 1991

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 October 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 28 October 1991

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

   Source: Committee

5. 28 October 1991

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM.

   Source: Committee

6. 26 November 1991

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.

   Source: Committee

7. 4 December 1991

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from EEOC.

   Source: Committee

8. 10 December 1991

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Merit Sys Protection Brd, Justice.

   Source: Committee

9. 2 April 1992

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from EEOC.

   Source: Committee

10. 9 April 1992

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

11. 15 May 1992

    Committee

    Executive Comment Received from EEOC.

    Source: Committee

12. 27 May 1992

    Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee With an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute.

    Source: Committee

13. 27 May 1992

    Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

14. 1 July 1992

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

15. 1 July 1992

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

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