A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against individuals who are physically handicapped because of such handicap.

Summary

Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include discrimination of the physically handicapped as an unlawful employment practice. Permits such discrimination pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system or as a bona fide occupational qualification.

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Timeline

1. 15 January 1979

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 January 1979

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 January 1979

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 January 1979

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4] · R · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

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