IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2574 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, and 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

To amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore 

the right to individual civil actions in cases involving 

disparate impact, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equity and Inclusion 

3 Enforcement Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF RIGHT TO CIVIL ACTION IN DIS5 PARATE IMPACT CASES UNDER TITLE VI OF 

6 THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. 

7 Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

8 2000d et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 607. The violation of any regulation relating 

11 to disparate impact issued under section 602 shall give 

12 rise to a private civil cause of action for its enforcement 

13 to the same extent as does an intentional violation of the 

14 prohibition of section 601.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MONITORS UNDER TITLE VI OF 

16 THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. 

17 Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

18 2000d et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 608. (a) Each recipient shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) designate at least one employee to coordi22 nate its efforts to comply with requirements adopted 

23 pursuant to section 602 and carry out the respon24 sibilities of the recipient under this title, including 

25 any investigation of any complaint alleging the non26 compliance of the recipient with such requirements 


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1 or alleging any actions prohibited under this title; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(2) notify its students and employees of the 

4 name, office address, and telephone number of each 

5 employee designated under paragraph (1). 

6 ‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘recipient’ means a re7 cipient referred to in section 602 that operates an edu8 cation program or activity receiving Federal financial as9 sistance authorized or extended by the Secretary of Edu10 cation. 

11 ‘‘(c) ANTISEMITISM CONSIDERED DISCRIMINA12 TION.—In carrying out the responsibilities of the recipient 

13 under this title, the employee or employees designated 

14 under this section shall consider antisemitism to be dis15 crimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin 

16 as prohibited by this title.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 

18 Section 202(b) of the Department of Education Or19 ganization Act (20 U.S.C. 3412(b)) is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para21 graph (5); and 

22 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(4) There shall be in the Department, a Special As25 sistant for Equity and Inclusion who shall be appointed 


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1 by the Secretary. The Special Assistant shall promote, co2 ordinate, and evaluate efforts to engender program com3 pliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

4 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and inform individuals of their 

5 rights under such Act, including the dissemination of in6 formation, technical assistance, and coordination of re7 search activities, in a manner consistent with such Act. 

8 The Special Assistant shall advise both the Secretary and 

9 Deputy Secretary on matters relating to compliance with 

10 title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d 

11 et seq.).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 16, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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