Equal Opportunity Protection and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007

To provide for equal protection of the law and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions, and for other purposes.

5/1/2007--Introduced.
Equal Opportunity Protection and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007 - Prohibits discrimination or preferences in federal employment and contracting and other federal programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Prohibits requiring or encouraging any federal contractor or subcontractor to so discriminate or grant a preference. Prohibits states and private entities that receive federal financial assistance from so discriminating or granting a preference in connection with any contract or subcontract, employment, or admission to any educational institution. Prohibits construing this Act to prohibit or limit:
(1) any act designed to benefit historically Black colleges or universities; or
(2) any action under a federal law or treaty relating to the Indian tribes. Declares that this Act does not prohibit or limit employment classifications based on sex if sex is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to normal operation or the classification is applied regarding an armed forces member. Allows any aggrieved person to obtain, in a civil action, appropriate relief (including back pay) from the violator, including from a government entity. Requires awarding a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees as part of the costs.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Thomas Tancredo [R, CO-6]

Committees

• House Judiciary
• 5 more
  • House Administration
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Judiciary
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2100

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 01, 2007

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• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
• Jun 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
• May 01, 2007: Referred to House House Administration
• May 01, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• May 01, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• May 01, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• May 01, 2007: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and House Administration, 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.
• Introduced on May 01, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Civil rights
• Actions and defenses
• Civil rights enforcement
• Damages
• 21 more
• Discrimination in education
• Discrimination in employment
• Education
• Federal employees
• Government contractors
• Government employees
• Government liability
• Government procurement
• Higher education
• Labor
• Law
• Legal fees
• Minorities
• Public contracts
• Racial discrimination
• Sex discrimination
• State and local government
• State employees
• Subcontractors
• Wage restitution
• Women

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