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| 108-hres-873 | 108 | hres | 873 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the terms of the Commissioners of the United States Commission on Civil Rights are staggered, beginning and ending upon the expiration date of the vacant position, and that Commissioners appointed to fill unexpired terms should serve only until the expiration date of the term for which they were appointed to finish, but may be eligible to be appointed to a new, subsequent term. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-12-07 | 2004-12-07 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] | OH | R | C000266 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the staggered terms of the Commissioners of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were intended to carry with the calendar year, not the individual, to preserve the Commission's independence and autonomy. | 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z | |
| 108-s-3020 | 108 | s | 3020 | Free Speech Protection Act of 2004 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-11-19 | 2004-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/20/2004 S11648) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Free Speech Protection Act of 2004 - Prohibits judicial, legislative, or executive branch entities of the Federal Government with the power to issue subpoenas or provide other compulsory process from compelling any person who engages in news or information gathering for dissemination to the public (covered person) through the news media to disclose: (1) the source of news or information, or any information that would tend to identify the source, whether or not the source has been promised confidentiality; or (2) any news or information procurred while providing services to the news media that is not itself communicated to the news media. Extends this protection to supervisors, employers, or other persons assisting a covered person. Renders inadmissible in any Federal action, proceeding, or hearing news or information obtained in violation of this Act. Creates an exception from the prohibition on compelled disclosure for news or information not communicated to the news media if a court finds that the requesting party has established by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) disclosure is critical and necessary to the resolution of a significant legal issue; (2) the news or information could not be obtained by alternative means; and (3) there is an overriding public interest in disclosure. States that publication by the news media, or dissemination by a person while providing services for the news media, of a source of news or information shall not constitute a waiver of the protections provided by this Act. | 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z | |
| 108-hr-5301 | 108 | hr | 5301 | Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2004 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-10-08 | 2004-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] | MD | R | B000208 | 0 | Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2004 - States that a condominium association, cooperative association, or residential real estate management association may not adopt or enforce any policy, or enter into any agreement, that would restrict or prevent an association member from displaying the U.S. flag on residential property within the association with respect to which such member has a separate ownership interest or a right to exclusive possession or use. States that nothing in this Act shall be considered to permit any display or use that is inconsistent with: (1) Federal law or any rule or custom pertaining to the proper display or use of the flag; or (2) any reasonable restriction pertaining to the time, place, or manner of displaying the flag necessary to protect a substantial interest of the condominium, cooperative, or residential real estate management association. | 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z | |
| 108-hr-4591 | 108 | hr | 4591 | Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B000410 | 22 | Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to require removal proceedings to be open to the public subject to specified exceptions. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) serve notice to appear within 48 hours on aliens arrested or detained under the INA and bring them before an immigration judge within 72 hours, with exceptions for aliens certified as engaging in espionage or terrorism; and (2) conduct individualized bond determinations reviewable by an immigration judge. Limits the authority of the Board of Immigration Review (created by this Act) to stay release orders. Abolishes the Executive Office of Immigration Review and replaces it with the Immigration Review Commission. Terminates the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) and most NSEERS-related removal proceedings. Requires the Secretary to use prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement. Eliminates criminal penalties and deportation, and establishes civil penalties, for an alien's violation of registration and change of address requirements. Requires data entered into the National Crime Information Center database to meet Privacy Act accuracy requirements. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to authorize (currently, require) courts to review in camera and ex parte materials relating to, or information derived from, electronic surveillance, physical searches, business records, and pen registers or trap and trace devices under FISA where the Attorney General asserts that disclosure implicates national security. Requires disclosure of such materials to comport with the Classified Information Procedures Act. Requires Federal agencies to report data-mining activities to Congress. Prohibits orders requiring the production of certain business records in the course of foreign intelligence or international terrorism investigations absent a finding that specific and articulable facts support the belief that the person to whom the records pertai… | 2023-01-15T04:49:14Z | |
| 108-s-2528 | 108 | s | 2528 | Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6891-6894) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 5 | Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to require removal proceedings to be open to the public subject to specified exceptions. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) serve notice to appear within 48 hours on aliens arrested or detained under the INA and bring them before an immigration judge within 72 hours, with exceptions for aliens certified as engaging in espionage or terrorism; and (2) conduct individualized bond determinations reviewable by an immigration judge. Limits the authority of the Board of Immigration Review (created by this Act) to stay release orders. Abolishes the Executive Office of Immigration Review and replaces it with the Immigration Review Commission. Terminates the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) and most NSEERS-related removal proceedings. Requires the Secretary to use prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement. Eliminates criminal penalties and deportation, and establishes civil penalties, for an alien's violation of registration and change of address requirements. Requires data entered into the National Crime Information Center database to meet Privacy Act accuracy requirements. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to authorize (currently, require) courts to review in camera and ex parte materials relating to, or information derived from, electronic surveillance, physical searches, business records, and pen registers or trap and trace devices under FISA where the Attorney General asserts that disclosure implicates national security. Requires disclosure of such materials to comport with the Classified Information Procedures Act. Requires Federal agencies to report data-mining activities to Congress. | 2023-01-15T04:49:20Z | |
| 108-s-2190 | 108 | s | 2190 | Life at Conception Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-03-10 | 2004-03-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 2 | Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, and other moment at which an individual comes into being. | 2023-01-15T11:03:08Z | |
| 108-s-2088 | 108 | s | 2088 | Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary to Ensure a Stronger Society: Civil Rights Act of 2004 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-02-12 | 2004-02-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1297-1308) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 26 | Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary to Ensure a Stronger Society: Civil Rights Act of 2004 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 to set forth requirements for: (1) establishing discrimination based on disparate impact; and (2) rights of action and recovery for unlawful discrimination (intentional or based on disparate impact) and harassment. Amends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to provide that a State's receipt or use of Federal financial assistance for a State program or activity shall constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity to a suit under such Acts by a program employee. Amends the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 to authorize civil actions in Federal court for discrimination based on disability. Settlement Encouragement and Fairness Act - Modifies the definition of "prevailing party" for purposes of provisions governing the recovery of attorney's fees to include a party whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim or defense was a catalyst for a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party that provides any significant part of the relief sought. Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2004 - Makes arbitration clauses in employment contracts unenforceable, with exceptions. Authorizes recovery of expert fees by prevailing parties in civil rights actions. Equal Remedies Act of 2004 - Repeals provisions limiting the amount of compensatory and punitive damages that may be awarded in cases of intentional discrimination in employment. Paycheck Fairness in Employment - Amends FLSA to revise provisions governing discrimination in the payment of wages, including equal pay requirements. Establishes the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit denying back-pay or other monetary relief for unl… | 2023-01-15T10:03:18Z | |
| 108-hr-3809 | 108 | hr | 3809 | Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary to Ensure a Stronger Society: Civil Rights Act of 2004 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-02-11 | 2004-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 102 | Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary to Ensure a Stronger Society: Civil Rights Act of 2004 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 to set forth requirements for: (1) establishing discrimination based on disparate impact; and (2) rights of action and recovery for unlawful discrimination (intentional or based on disparate impact) and harassment. Amends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to provide that a State's receipt or use of Federal financial assistance for a State program or activity shall constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity to a suit under such Acts by a program employee. Amends the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 to authorize civil actions in Federal court for discrimination based on disability. Settlement Encouragement and Fairness Act - Modifies the definition of "prevailing party" for purposes of provisions governing the recovery of attorney's fees to include a party whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim or defense was a catalyst for a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party that provides any significant part of the relief sought. Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2004 - Makes arbitration clauses in employment contracts unenforceable, with exceptions. Authorizes recovery of expert fees by prevailing parties in civil rights actions. Equal Remedies Act of 2004 - Repeals provisions limiting the amount of compensatory and punitive damages that may be awarded in cases of intentional discrimination in employment. Paycheck Fairness in Employment - Amends FLSA to revise provisions governing discrimination in the payment of wages, including equal pay requirements. Establishes the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit denying back-pay or other monetary relief for un… | 2023-01-15T09:47:45Z | |
| 108-hres-515 | 108 | hres | 515 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the States should act to end racial profiling. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-02-04 | 2004-03-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Bell, Chris [D-TX-25] | TX | D | B001241 | 0 | Urges Congress to enact legislation to ban racial profiling and to require Federal, State, and local law enforcement to take steps to prevent the practice. Calls for every State to require law enforcement agencies to collect relevant data (including ethnicity) regarding traffic stops, to have a written policy that strictly prohibits racial profiling, and to create a grievance policy for those who believe they have been subjected to racial profiling. | 2023-01-15T10:03:20Z | |
| 108-s-2020 | 108 | s | 2020 | Freedom of Choice Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-01-22 | 2004-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 17 | Freedom of Choice Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to: (1) bear a child; (2) terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability; or (3) terminate it after fetal viability when necessary to protect her life or her health. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) denying or interfering with a woman's right to exercise such choices; or (2) discriminating against the exercise of those rights in its regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information. Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain appropriate relief, including relief against a governmental entity in a civil action. States that this Act applies to every Federal, State, and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action enacted, adopted, or implemented before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-15T09:32:49Z | |
| 108-hr-3719 | 108 | hr | 3719 | Freedom of Choice Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-01-21 | 2004-03-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 87 | Freedom of Choice Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to: (1) bear a child; (2) terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability; or (3) terminate it after fetal viability when necessary to protect her life or her health. Prohibits a governmental entity from : (1) denying or interfering with a woman's right to exercise such choices; or (2) discriminating against the exercise of those rights in its regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information. Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain appropriate relief, including relief against a governmental entity in a civil action. States that this Act applies to every Federal, State, and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action enacted, adopted, or implemented before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-15T09:32:51Z | |
| 108-hr-3703 | 108 | hr | 3703 | To protect the civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and to promote public safety, health, and regulate activities affecting interstate commerce by creating employer liability for negligent conduct that results in an individual's committing a gender-motivated crime of violence against another individual on premises controlled by the employer. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2004-01-20 | 2004-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 0 | Declares an employer liable to a party injured in a crime of violence motivated by gender if: (1) the employer's business is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) the employer's negligent conduct results in the perpetration of a gender-motivated crime of violence against an individual upon premises under the employer's control. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to create and provide to employers materials regarding personnel policies and safety standards to assist them in avoiding liability under this Act. | 2023-01-15T09:32:51Z | |
| 108-hr-3609 | 108 | hr | 3609 | Public Expression of Religion Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-11-21 | 2003-12-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8] | IN | R | H000807 | 9 | Public Expression of Religion Act of 2003 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States with respect to a civil action against State or local officials for deprivation of rights where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion. Limits the remedy for such a claim to injunctive relief. Denies the awarding of attorneys fees in such an action. | 2023-01-15T08:33:22Z | |
| 108-hres-419 | 108 | hres | 419 | Condemning religiously intolerant remarks and calling on the President to clearly censure and reassign Lieutenant General Boykin for his religiously intolerant remarks. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-10-28 | 2003-12-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 26 | Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns bigotry and intolerance against any religious group, including people of the Islamic faith; and (2) calls on the President to clearly censure Lieutenant General William Boykin, United States Army, for his religiously intolerant remarks against people of the Islamic faith and to reassign him to a new position in which his views will not impact U.S. Government policy decisions toward Muslims. | 2023-01-15T07:47:43Z | |
| 108-hres-420 | 108 | hres | 420 | Unequivocally condemning the damaging rhetoric of Lieutenant General William G. Boykin, United States Army, which has promoted hateful stereotypes of the religion of Islam. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-10-28 | 2003-12-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | H000627 | 18 | Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) unequivocally condemns the damaging rhetoric of Lieutenant General William G. Boykin, United States Army, which has promoted hateful stereotypes of the religion of Islam; and (2) reaffirms the remarks made by President George W. Bush on October 24, 2003, that "Islam is a peaceful religion, and people who practice the Islamic faith have made great contributions to our Nation and the world." . | 2023-01-15T07:47:43Z | |
| 108-hr-3285 | 108 | hr | 3285 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-10-08 | 2004-01-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 180 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities (including employment agencies, labor organizations, and training programs). Prohibits related retaliation and coercion. Declares this Act inapplicable to the provision of employee benefits for the benefit of an employee's domestic partner. Prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from: (1) collecting statistics on sexual orientation from covered entities; and (2) compelling covered entities to collect such statistics. Prohibits: (1) quotas and preferential treatment; and (2) an order or consent decree for a violation of this Act that includes a quota or preferential treatment. Declares that this Act is inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces; or (3) laws creating special rights or preferences for veterans.Prohibits the imposition of affirmative action for a violation of this Act. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States or a State liable for remedies to the same extent as under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | 2023-01-15T07:32:53Z | |
| 108-s-1705 | 108 | s | 1705 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-10-02 | 2003-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 43 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities (including employment agencies, labor organizations, and training programs). Prohibits related retaliation and coercion. Declares this Act inapplicable to the provision of employee benefits for the benefit of an employee's domestic partner. Prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from: (1) collecting statistics on sexual orientation from covered entities; and (2) compelling covered entities to collect such statistics. Prohibits: (1) quotas and preferential treatment; and (2) an order or consent decree for a violation of this Act that includes a quota or preferential treatment. Declares this Act inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces; or (3) laws creating special rights or preferences for veterans.Prohibits the imposition of affirmative action for a violation of this Act. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States or a State liable for remedies to the same extent as under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z | |
| 108-hr-3190 | 108 | hr | 3190 | Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-09-25 | 2003-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] | MS | R | P000323 | 51 | Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act - Declares that among those powers reserved to the States and their political subdivisions are the powers to display the Ten Commandments, to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, and to recite the national motto on or within property owned or administered by them. Declares that: (1) the Pledge of Allegiance shall be, "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and justice for all."; and (2) the national motto shall be, "In God we trust." Excepts from the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court the display of the Ten Commandments and the use of the word "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. | 2023-01-15T06:48:02Z | |
| 108-hjres-68 | 108 | hjres | 68 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to school prayer. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-09-17 | 2003-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] | PA | D | M001120 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual prayer in public schools or to prohibit public school officials from including voluntary prayer in official school ceremonies and meetings. Prohibits the United States and the States from prescribing the content of any such prayer. | 2023-01-15T06:32:51Z | |
| 108-hr-3069 | 108 | hr | 3069 | Right to Life Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-09-10 | 2003-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H000981 | 59 | Right to Life Act - States that Congress declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being. Defines "human person" and "human being" as including each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including, but not limited to, the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being. | 2023-01-15T06:48:06Z | |
| 108-s-1558 | 108 | s | 1558 | Religious Liberties Restoration Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-08-01 | 2003-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10910-10911) | Senate | Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] | CO | R | A000109 | 11 | Religious Liberties Restoration Act - States that the following powers are reserved to the States or their political subdivisions on property owned or administered by them: (1) to display the Ten Commandments; (2) to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all "; and (3) to recite the national motto as "In God we trust". States that such powers are excepted from the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court. | 2023-01-15T06:32:52Z | |
| 108-s-1507 | 108 | s | 1507 | Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-07-31 | 2003-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10623) | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 11 | Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and the Federal criminal code with respect to applications by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (or a designee) for an order requiring production of any tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities. Requires such applications, any resulting ex parte orders, and requests to booksellers and libraries to specify that there are specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe that the person to whom the records pertain is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power. Amends the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 to terminate as of December 31, 2005, specified authority for FBI investigative requests for telephone toll and transactional records as well as financial records and consumer reports. | 2023-01-15T06:17:47Z | |
| 108-hr-2605 | 108 | hr | 2605 | To nullify the effect of section 4 of Executive Order 13279. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-06-25 | 2003-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] | VA | D | S000185 | 32 | Nullifies certain provisions of Executive Order 13279, dated December 12, 2002 (relating to equal protection of the laws for faith-based and community organizations) authorizing exemptions from specified Federal procurement contracting requirements with respect to contractors that are religious entities. | 2023-01-15T16:33:40Z | |
| 108-hres-234 | 108 | hres | 234 | Condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans, Muslim-Americans, South Asian-Americans, and Sikh-Americans. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-05-14 | 2003-10-07 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | I000056 | 52 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares that the civil rights and civil liberties of all Americans, including Arab-Americans, Muslim-Americans, South Asian-Americans, and Sikh-Americans, should be protected in light of the number of bias-motivated crimes against them in recent months. Condemns bigotry and acts of violence against such people and calls upon local, State, and Federal law enforcement authorities to prevent and investigate and prosecute such bias-motivated crimes. | 2023-01-15T15:48:22Z | |
| 108-s-1053 | 108 | s | 1053 | Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-05-13 | 2003-10-15 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 40 | Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003 - Title I: Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance - (Sec. 101) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to expand the prohibition on health plan or issuer discrimination on the basis of genetic information or services to prohibit: (1) enrollment discrimination based on information about a request for or receipt of genetic services by an individual or an individual's family member; (2) group premium discrimination based on the genetic information of an individual or an individual's family member; and (3) requiring genetic testing. Defines genetic information as genetic tests of an individual or family member or occurrence of a disease or disorder in family members. States that such term shall not include information about the sex or age of an individual. Defines genetic services as genetic tests, genetic counseling, or genetic education. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit such discrimination in coverage offered in the individual market. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue final regulations to carry out this title. (Sec. 104) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit an issuer of a Medicare supplemental policy from denying or conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of the policy, or from discriminating in the price of the policy of an eligible individual based on genetic information, on the receipt of genetic services or on a request for such services. Prohibits the issuer of such a policy from requesting or requiring a beneficiary to undergo a genetic test. (Sec. 105) Applies the HHS medical privacy rules to the disclosure of genetic information. Prohibits a group health plan, a health insurance issuer, or an issuer of Medicare supplemental policies from using or disclosing genetic information for purposes of underwriting, determining eligibility t… | 2023-01-15T15:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-2045 | 108 | hr | 2045 | Ten Commandments Defense Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-05-09 | 2003-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] | AL | R | A000055 | 118 | Ten Commandments Defense Act of 2003 - Declares the following : (1) that the power to display the Ten Commandments on or within property owned or administered by the several States or their political subdivisions is among the powers reserved to the States respectively (under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution); (2) that the expression of religious faith by individual persons on or within property owned or administered by the several States or their political subdivisions is among the rights secured (under the First Amendment) against laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion made or enforced by the Federal Government; and (3) that the expression of religious faith by individual persons on or within property owned or administered by the several States or their political subdivisions is among the liberties of which no State shall deprive any person without due process of law made in pursuance of powers reserved to the States respectively. | 2023-01-15T15:18:17Z | |
| 108-sres-133 | 108 | sres | 133 | A resolution condemning bigotry and violence against Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-05-06 | 2003-05-22 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7070) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 14 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares that the civil rights and civil liberties of all Americans, including Arab-Americans, Muslim-Americans, Sikh-Americans, and South Asian-Americans, should be protected. Condemns bigotry and acts of violence against such people and calls upon local, State, and Federal law enforcement authorities to prevent and investigate and prosecute such bias-motivated crimes. | 2023-01-15T16:03:45Z | |
| 108-hr-1910 | 108 | hr | 1910 | Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-05-01 | 2003-05-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000480 | 242 | Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act , the Internal Revenue Code, and Medicare supplemental policy provisions to prohibit health plans and insurers, with respect to protected genetic information, from discriminating in enrollment, eligibility, contribution rates, and premium rates based on such information. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or training program to discriminate because of protected genetic information. | 2023-01-15T15:18:21Z | |
| 108-hr-1931 | 108 | hr | 1931 | Personal Information Privacy Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-05-01 | 2003-05-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 9 | Personal Information Privacy Act of 2003 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to redefine the term "consumer report" to exclude identifying information listed in a local telephone directory (thereby ensuring that the personal identification information in the credit headers accompanying credit reports of unlisted individuals remains confidential).Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit the commercial acquisition or distribution of an individual's social security number (or any derivative of it), as well as its use as a personal identification number, without the individual's written consent. Provides for: (1) civil money penalties and civil action in U.S. District Court by an aggrieved individual; and (2) coordination with criminal enforcement of identification document fraud.Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from providing a report in connection with a credit or insurance transaction not initiated by the consumer without the consumer's written consent. Requires full consumer disclosure before such consent shall be effective.Prohibits, with specified exceptions, a person doing business with a consumer from selling or transferring for marketing purposes any transaction or experience information (as defined by this Act) without the consumer's written consent. | 2023-01-15T15:18:20Z | |
| 108-s-893 | 108 | s | 893 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-04-11 | 2003-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 23 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003 - Amends the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 regarding religious observance in the workplace to declare that for an employer's accommodation of an employee's religious observance or practice to be considered reasonable, it must remove the conflict between employment requirements and the employee's religious observance or practice. Deems as an unlawful employment practice an employer's refusal to permit an employee to use leave of general usage to remove the conflict solely because the leave will be used to accommodate the religious observance or practice of the employee. | 2023-01-15T23:33:09Z | |
| 108-hjres-46 | 108 | hjres | 46 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-04-09 | 2003-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5] | OK | R | I000047 | 103 | Constitutional Amendment - States that people retain the right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, and traditions on public property, including schools.States that the United States and the States shall not establish any official religion nor require any person to join in prayer or religious activity. | 2023-01-15T23:03:24Z | |
| 108-hconres-130 | 108 | hconres | 130 | Fair Play-Equal Access in Membership Resolution | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-31 | 2003-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 47 | Fair Play-Equal Access in Membership Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that neither the President, the Vice-President, nor any Member of Congress, justice or judge of the United States, or political appointee in the executive branch should belong to a club that discriminates on the basis of sex or race. | 2023-01-15T22:18:39Z | |
| 108-s-745 | 108 | s | 745 | Privacy Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-31 | 2003-03-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4561-4570) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 0 | Privacy Act of 2003 - Prohibits the sale and disclosure of personally identifiable information by a commercial entity to a non-affiliated third party unless prescribed procedures for notice and opportunity to restrict such disclosure have been followed. Grants the Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority. Amends Federal criminal law to prohibit the display, sale, or purchase of social security numbers without the affirmatively expressed consent of the individual. Exempts certain public records containing social security numbers from such prohibition, but extends it to the display, sale, or purchase of social security numbers within specified public records. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the use of social security account numbers on: (1) checks issued for payment by governmental agencies; and (2) driver's licenses or motor vehicle registration. Prohibits a commercial entity from requiring disclosure of an individual's social security number in order to obtain goods or services. Establishes criminal and civil monetary penalties for misuse of a social security number. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to make conforming limitations upon financial industry sale and sharing of non-public personal financial information. Sets forth prohibitions against the selling or marketing of protected health information by specified entities. Amends the Driver's Privacy Protection Act relating to proscriptions against release and use of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records to expand the definition of such personal information, and to include "highly restricted personal information" (such as an individual's photograph or any physical copy of a driver's license) among such proscriptions. Empowers State Attorneys General to enforce this Act . Establishes Federal injunctive authority regarding any violation of this Act. | 2023-01-15T23:03:26Z | |
| 108-hr-1489 | 108 | hr | 1489 | Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-27 | 2003-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] | CO | R | M001152 | 81 | Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2003 - Prohibits any person or organization from performing, permitting facilities to be used to perform, or assisting in the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor under age 18, without: (1) clear and convincing evidence of physical abuse of the minor by the parent and the provision of written notification to the parents; (2) compliance with a 96-hour waiting period after notice has been received by the parents; and (3) compliance with judicial intervention procedures. Prescribes penalties of up to ten years' imprisonment and/or a $1 million fine for violating such prohibition.Provides for an exception where a physician without principal responsibility for making the decision to perform the abortion determines that: (1) a medical emergency exists due to a grave, physical disorder or disease that would cause the minor's death if an abortion is not performed; (2) parental notification is not possible as a result of the emergency; and (3) certifications and determinations to that effect have been entered in the minor's medical records.Requires parental notification through certified mail or personal delivery.Authorizes a notified parent to bring an action in Federal district court which shall enjoin the abortion: (1) until the court's judgment is final; or (2) permanently unless the court determines that granting such relief would be unlawful. | 2023-01-15T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-sjres-11 | 108 | sjres | 11 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-18 | 2003-03-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3902) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 21 | Constitutional Amendment - States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. | 2023-01-15T23:03:25Z | |
| 108-hjres-39 | 108 | hjres | 39 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on United States coins and currency. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-13 | 2003-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] | TX | R | C001051 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that a law that prescribes the Pledge of Allegiance or provides for U.S. coins or currency is not a law respecting an establishment of religion because it refers to God in the Pledge or includes a reference to God on coins or currency. | 2023-01-15T22:18:38Z | |
| 108-hjres-37 | 108 | hjres | 37 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-12 | 2003-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 203 | Constitutional Amendment - States that: (1) equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex; (2) Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article; and (3) this amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. | 2023-01-15T22:18:38Z | |
| 108-sconres-17 | 108 | sconres | 17 | A concurrent resolution establishing a special task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the United States Capitol. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-05 | 2003-03-05 | Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3202) | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 1 | Directs the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to establish a special task force (including the Senate and House Historians, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Librarian of Congress) to: (1) study the history and contributions of slave laborers in the construction of the U.S. Capitol; (2) produce a summary document and available research for the public; and (3) recommend appropriate recognition which could be displayed in a prominent location in or near the Capitol. | 2023-01-15T23:03:25Z | |
| 108-hjres-31 | 108 | hjres | 31 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to equality of rights and reproductive rights. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-04 | 2003-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | J000283 | 5 | Constitutional Amendment - Proposes that: (1) equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex; and (2) reproductive rights for women under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State. | 2023-01-15T22:18:38Z | |
| 108-sjres-7 | 108 | sjres | 7 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on United States currency. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-03-03 | 2003-03-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3035) | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that a reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance or on U.S. currency shall not be construed as affecting the establishment of religion under the first article of amendment of the Constitution. | 2023-01-15T23:03:25Z | |
| 108-s-418 | 108 | s | 418 | Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-02-14 | 2003-02-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 4 | Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2003 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include breast-feeding (including expression of milk by a lactating woman) within the definitions of "because of sex" or "on the basis of sex" for purposes of the discrimination prohibitions of such Act. | 2023-01-15T22:18:43Z | |
| 108-hr-779 | 108 | hr | 779 | Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-02-13 | 2004-03-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E324-325) | House | Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31] | CA | D | B000287 | 40 | Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2003 - Allows certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the United States from countries in Latin America and interned in the United States during World War II to be provided restitution under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.Urges the President to transmit a letter of apology to each such individual.Makes the Attorney General responsible for identifying and locating individuals eligible for restitution. Authorizes judicial review of a denial of compensation. Permits an individual covered by this Act who has accepted payment on a related claim before this Act's enactment to receive an appropriately reduced payment.Directs: (1) individuals covered by this Act to not be considered to have been present in the United States unlawfully during the evacuation, relocation, or internment period; (2) each U.S. agency to correct any records indicating otherwise; (3) agencies to disclose all information relating to the removal and internment of such individuals; and (4) the President to share such information with other countries and encourage those countries to make that information available.Reestablishes in the Treasury the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and establishes a board of directors for the Fund. | 2023-01-15T21:48:54Z | |
| 108-hr-728 | 108 | hr | 728 | ADA Notification Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-02-12 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] | FL | R | F000238 | 63 | ADA Notification Act - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a court in a civil action for remedies unless the complainant has implemented specified notification procedures that include opportunity for correction of the alleged violation.States that, if a complainant fails to provide such an opportunity, the court: (1) shall impose an appropriate sanction upon the attorneys involved (notwithstanding the court's lack of jurisdiction to proceed with the action); and (2) may not allow plaintiff's attorneys' fees or costs (including litigation expenses) even if the notification criteria are subsequently met and the civil action proceeds. | 2023-01-15T21:48:55Z | |
| 108-hr-654 | 108 | hr | 654 | Environmental Justice Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-02-07 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Environmental Justice Act - Requires the head of each Federal agency in the Department of the Interior: (1) before authorizing, funding, or carrying out a action under any Federal law, to consider whether the action will have any disparate impact on any member of a racial, ethnic, or religious minority; and (2) in authorizing, funding, or carrying out a action under any Federal law, to seek to limit disparate impacts to the extent possible consistent with such law. Provides that this Act shall not apply to an agency action to the extent that there is involved a matter relating to agency management or personnel. | 2023-01-15T21:48:57Z | |
| 108-hr-579 | 108 | hr | 579 | Right to Life Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-02-05 | 2003-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H000981 | 10 | Right to Life Act of 2003 - States that Congress declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at fertilization. | 2023-01-15T21:48:59Z | |
| 108-sres-40 | 108 | sres | 40 | A resolution reaffirming congressional commitment to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, particularly with respect to school athletics. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-30 | 2003-01-30 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1838-1839) | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 15 | Declares that the Senate: (1) reaffirms its commitment to ending all discrimination against women and girls in elementary, secondary, and higher education, and to equal opportunities for women and girls in athletics; (2) recognizes the continued importance of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in providing needed protections for women and girls; (3) expresses its concern that rolling back title IX regulations and compliance requirements may jeopardize the extraordinary progress of women and girl athletes; and (4) requests that the President maintain the integrity of title IX by rejecting any attempts to weaken current regulations and interpretations. | 2023-01-15T21:34:03Z | |
| 108-hr-394 | 108 | hr | 394 | Violence Against Women Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-28 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 94 | Violence Against Women Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2003 - Rewrites provisions of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 regarding remedies for civil rights violations. Makes a person who commits a crime of violence motivated by gender and thus deprives another of a prescribed right liable to the injured party where: (1) in connection with the offense, the defendant or the victim travels in interstate or foreign commerce, the defendant or the victim uses a facility or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce, or the defendant employs a weapon, a narcotic or drug listed under the Controlled Substances Act, or other noxious or dangerous substances that have traveled in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) the offense interferes with commercial or other economic activity in which the victim is engaged; or (3) the offense was committed with intent to interfere with the victim's commercial or other economic activity.Authorizes the Attorney General, whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that any State, political subdivision, official, employee, or agent thereof has discriminated on the basis of gender in the investigation or prosecution of gender-based crimes and that discrimination is pursuant to a pattern or practice of resistance to investigating or prosecuting gender-based crimes, to institute a civil action in U.S. district court for appropriate equitable relief. | 2023-01-15T21:19:39Z | |
| 108-hres-38 | 108 | hres | 38 | Requiring the House of Representatives to take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution when the legislatures of an additional three States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-28 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 36 | Provides that, when the legislatures of an additional three States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the House of Representatives shall take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of such Amendment as a part of the Constitution. | 2023-01-15T21:19:33Z | |
| 108-hres-32 | 108 | hres | 32 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the ongoing need to provide every qualified American with equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and the indispensability of Affirmative action programs in securing such equal access. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-27 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] | IL | D | D000096 | 62 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Attorney General of the United States should undertake to protect and expand equality of opportunity for qualified minorities, disabled persons, and women at every opportunity; (2) Affirmative action is a powerful, effective, and necessary tool for achieving such equal opportunity without quotas and should be utilized in the public and private sectors to increase diversity and correct patterns of past and current discrimination; and (3) the President should incorporate Affirmative action into the employment, contracting, granting, educational, and program activities of the United States and all its subcontractors and grantees. | 2023-01-15T21:19:33Z | |
| 108-sres-23 | 108 | sres | 23 | A resolution supporting a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit relating to the admissions policy of the University of Michigan. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-16 | 2003-01-16 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1086-1087) | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 1 | Expresses strong support for the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case of Grutter v. Bollinger. Instructs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in that case in the name of the Senate and to defend the constitutionality of the University of Michigan's admissions policy to ensure a diverse student body. | 2023-01-15T21:34:04Z | |
| 108-hr-259 | 108 | hr | 259 | Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-08 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 36 | Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act of 2003 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense, unless the individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility at the time of the election.Authorizes the Attorney General, in a civil action, to obtain any declaratory or injunctive relief necessary to remedy a violation of this Act. Creates a private right of action, subject to specified requirements. | 2023-01-15T21:04:27Z | |
| 108-hjres-7 | 108 | hjres | 7 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-07 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] | MO | R | E000172 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Permits individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions. | 2023-01-15T21:04:32Z | |
| 108-hjres-9 | 108 | hjres | 9 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-07 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] | MO | R | E000172 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the word "person," as used in this amendment and in the fifth and 14th amendments to the Constitution, applies to all human beings regardless of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, including unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Prohibits depriving any unborn person of life. Declares that this amendment does not: (1) prohibit a law permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother of an unborn person; or (2) limit the liberty of a mother regarding the unborn offspring conceived as a result of rape or incest. | 2023-01-15T21:04:31Z | |
| 108-hr-214 | 108 | hr | 214 | Civil Rights Amendments Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-07 | 2003-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 0 | Civil Rights Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation with respect to: (1) public accommodations; (2) public facilities; (3) federally assisted programs; (5) equal employment opportunities; (6) housing sales and rentals; and (7) brokerage services. | 2023-01-15T21:04:28Z | |
| 108-hr-40 | 108 | hr | 40 | Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-07 | 2004-06-16 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1146) | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 40 | Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act - Establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans to examine: (1) the institution of slavery which existed within the United States and the colonies that became the United States from 1619 through 1865; (2) the extent to which the Federal and State governments supported the institution of slavery in constitutional and statutory provisions; (3) Federal and State laws that discriminated against freed African slaves and their descendants; and (4) the lingering negative effects of the institution of slavery on living African-Americans and on society in the United States.Instructs the Commission to address the following issues when making its recommendations to Congress: (1) whether the Federal government should offer a formal apology for the perpetration of gross human rights violations on African slaves and their descendants; (2) whether African-Americans still suffer from the lingering effects of slavery; and (3) whether any form of compensation to the descendants of African slaves is warranted. | 2023-01-15T21:19:38Z | |
| 108-s-16 | 108 | s | 16 | Equal Rights and Equal Dignity for Americans Act of 2003 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 2003-01-07 | 2003-01-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 27 | Equal Rights and Equal Dignity for Americans Act of 2003 - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG), upon request, to provide assistance with the investigation or prosecution of any crime that constitutes: (1) a Federal crime of violence; (2) a felony under State or Indian tribal law; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability, or is a violation of State or Indian tribe hate crime laws.Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for certain hate crimes.Authorizes funding for enforcing civil rights laws and for indigent defense.Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the American Indian Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to expand the annual audit responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior.Prescribes guidelines for development and implementation of an Indian Trust Fund and Trust Asset Management and Monitoring Plan.Establishes the position of Deputy Secretary for Trust Management and Reform to oversee all trust fund and trust asset matters of the Department of the Interior.Establishes the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight, headed by the Deputy Secretary, to supervise activities of specified senior officials who administer Indian trust assets or funds.Instructs the Deputy Secretary to establish a Tribal Task Force on Trust Reform.Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation: (1) to ban the practice of racial profiling; and (2) to require law enforcement agencies to take steps to prevent the practice.Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revamp proscriptions against sex discrimination in wages.Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities.Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act - Amends the following Acts to prohibit specified discriminatory… | 2023-01-15T21:34:10Z |
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