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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 446

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance

under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 of administrative guidelines applicable to religious harassment in employment.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 26, 1994

Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. ARCHER, Mr. ARMEY, Mr.

BACHUS of Alabama, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr.

BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BARTON of

Texas, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BUNNING, Mr.

BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CANADY, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. COX, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRANE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DELAY,

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DORNAN, Mr.

DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. EVERETT, Mr.

EWING, Mr. FAWELL, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GALLO, Mr.

PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr.

GOODLATTE, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. HANSEN,

Mr. HASTERT, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. HERGER, Mr.

HOEKSTRA, Mr. HUFFINGTON, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr.

HYDE, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. SAM

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KIM, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLINK, Mr.

KNOLLENBERG, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LIGHTFOOT,

Mr. LINDER, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. MCCANDLESS, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr.

MCDADE, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr.

MICA, Mr. MICHEL, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr.

MOORHEAD, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MYERS of Indiana, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr.

OXLEY, Mr. ORTON, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. PAXON, Mr. POMBO, Mr.

PORTMAN, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REGULA, Mr. ROBERTS,

Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr.

SMITH of Michigan, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. STEARNS,

Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SUNDQUIST, Mr. SWETT, Mr. TALENT,

Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALKER, Mr.

WELDON, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. ZELIFF) submitted
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the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance under title VII of the Civil Rights Act

of 1964 of administrative guidelines applicable to religious harassment in employment.

Whereas the liberties protected by our Constitution include

the religious liberty clauses of the first amendment;

Whereas citizens of the United States profess the beliefs of

almost every conceivable religion;

Whereas Congress has historically protected religious expression even from governmental action not intended to be

hostile to religion;

Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States has written

‘‘the free exercise of religion means,first and foremost,the

right to believe and profess whatever religious doctrine

one desires’’;

Whereas the Supreme Court has firmly settled that under our

Constitution the public expression of ideas may not be

prohibited merely because the content of the ideas is offensive;

Whereas the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

has written proposed guidelines to title VII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964,published in the Federal Register on

October 1,1993,which expand the definition of ‘‘harassment’’ beyond established legal standards set forth by the
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Supreme Court which may thus result in the infringement of religious liberty; and

Whereas the Commission has not offered sufficient evidence

that such guidelines are necessary to deal with religious

harassment or to remedy some gap or weakness in existing law: Now,therefore,be it

1 Resolved,That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that,for purposes of issuing under title VII

3 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 final guidelines in connec4 tion with the Proposed Guidelines relating to unlawful

5 harassment in employment published by the Equal Em6 ployment Opportunity Commission on October 1,1993 (58

7 Fed. Reg. 51266),the Commission should exclude harass8 ment based on religion.

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