I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2499
To make the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 applicable
to the House of Representatives and the instrumentalities of the Congress
and to allow House employees and employees of the instrumentalities
to bring a civil action in Federal court to vindicate their rights under
such Act and under the Americans with Disabilities Act, title VII of
the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1993
Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. MICHEL, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. ARMEY, Mr.
HYDE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr.
BARRETT of Nebraska, and Mr. HOEKSTRA) introduced the following bill;
which was referred jointly to the Committees on House Administration,
Education and Labor, and the Judiciary
A BILL
To make the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967 applicable to the House of Representatives and
the instrumentalities of the Congress and to allow House
employees and employees of the instrumentalities to
bring a civil action in Federal court to vindicate their
rights under such Act and under the Americans with
Disabilities Act, title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,
and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Cov-
erage for Discrimination and Family Leave Act’’.
TITLE I—AGE DISCRIMINATION
SEC. 101. COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
(29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 16 and 17 as sec-
tions 17 and 18, respectively, and
(2) by inserting after section 15 the following:
‘‘COVERAGE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IN THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
‘‘SEC. 16. (a) For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means an individual
who is employed by, or who applies for employment
with, an employing authority;
‘‘(2) the term ‘employing authority’ has the
meaning given it in the Fair Employment Practices
Resolution and also includes any agent of the em-
ploying authority and any Member who participates
in determining the terms and conditions applicable
to an employee’s employment and any agent of such
Member, but with respect to a position on the mi-
nority staff of a committee, such term does not in-
clude the Chairman of such committee;
‘‘(3) the term ‘Fair Employment Practices Res-
olution’ means—
‘‘(A) House Resolution 558 of the One
Hundredth Congress, as adopted October 4,
1988, and incorporated into rule LI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives of the
One Hundred Second Congress; or
‘‘(B) any other provision that continues in
effect the provisions of such resolution; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘instrumentality of the Congress’
means a unit of the legislative branch (other than
the Congress) that does not have positions in the
competitive service and any agent of such unit.
‘‘(b) Sections 4 and 7(f) shall apply to employees and
to employing authorities.
‘‘(c)(1) The remedies and procedures under the Fair
Employment Practices Resolution shall apply with respect
to a violation of section 4 as such section is made applica-
ble by subsection (b).
‘‘(2) Within 90 days of the exhaustion of all proce-
dures authorized under paragraph (1), or after 180 days
after the filing of a complaint in accordance with such pro-
cedures, an employee may bring a civil action in the appro-
priate United States district court against the employee’s
employing authority. In any such action, the court may