tion Congress intended to be afforded by such laws and Con-
gress’ objective to eliminate race and national origin dis-
crimination in the United States. 
SEC. 3. FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No individual in the United States 
shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the bene-
fits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any pro-
gram or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, 
based on the individual’s hair texture or hairstyle, if that 
hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with 
a particular race or national origin (including a hairstyle 
in which hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, corn-
rows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be enforced 
in the same manner and by the same means, including with 
the same jurisdiction, as if such subsection was incor-
porated in title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), and as if a violation of subsection 
(a) was treated as if it was a violation of section 601 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000d). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘program or activity’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 606 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d–4a); and 
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(2) the terms ‘‘race’’ and ‘‘national origin’’ 
mean, respectively, ‘‘race’’ within the meaning of the 
term in section 601 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000d) 
and ‘‘national origin’’ within the meaning of the term 
in that section 601. 
SEC. 4. HOUSING PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 
shall be subjected to a discriminatory housing practice 
based on the person’s hair texture or hairstyle, if that hair 
texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a par-
ticular race or national origin (including a hairstyle in 
which hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, cornrows, 
twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be enforced 
in the same manner and by the same means, including with 
the same jurisdiction, as if such subsection was incor-
porated in the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), 
and as if a violation of subsection (a) was treated as if 
it was a discriminatory housing practice. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘discriminatory housing practice’’ 
and ‘‘person’’ have the meanings given the terms in 
section 802 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3602); and 
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(2) the terms ‘‘race’’ and ‘‘national origin’’ 
mean, respectively, ‘‘race’’ within the meaning of the 
term in section 804 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 3604) and 
‘‘national origin’’ within the meaning of the term in 
that section 804. 
SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 
shall be subjected to a practice prohibited under section 201, 
202, or 203 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a 
et seq.), based on the person’s hair texture or hairstyle, if 
that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated 
with a particular race or national origin (including a hair-
style in which hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, 
cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be enforced 
in the same manner and by the same means, including with 
the same jurisdiction, as if such subsection was incor-
porated in title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and as 
if a violation of subsection (a) was treated as if it was a 
violation of section 201, 202, or 203, as appropriate, of such 
Act. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the terms ‘‘race’’ and 
‘‘national origin’’ mean, respectively, ‘‘race’’ within the 
meaning of the term in section 201 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
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2000e) and ‘‘national origin’’ within the meaning of the 
term in that section 201. 
SEC. 6. EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—It shall be an unlawful employ-
ment practice for an employer, employment agency, labor 
organization, or joint labor-management committee control-
ling apprenticeship or other training or retraining (includ-
ing on-the-job training programs) to fail or refuse to hire 
or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate 
against an individual, based on the individual’s hair tex-
ture or hairstyle, if that hair texture or that hairstyle is 
commonly associated with a particular race or national or-
igin (including a hairstyle in which hair is tightly coiled 
or tightly curled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, 
and Afros). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be enforced 
in the same manner and by the same means, including with 
the same jurisdiction, as if such subsection was incor-
porated in title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), and as if a violation of subsection 
(a) was treated as if it was a violation of section 703 or 
704, as appropriate, of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2, 
2000e–3). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the terms ‘‘person’’, 
‘‘race’’, and ‘‘national origin’’ have the meanings given the 
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terms in section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e). 
SEC. 7. EQUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 
shall be subjected to a practice prohibited under section 
1977 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981), based on 
the person’s hair texture or hairstyle, if that hair texture 
or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular 
race or national origin (including a hairstyle in which hair 
is tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, cornrows, twists, 
braids, Bantu knots, and Afros). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be enforced 
in the same manner and by the same means, including with 
the same jurisdiction, as if such subsection was incor-
porated in section 1977 of the Revised Statutes, and as if 
a violation of subsection (a) was treated as if it was a viola-
tion of that section 1977. 
SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit defini-
tions of race or national origin under the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.), the Fair Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), or section 1977 of the Revised Stat-
utes (42 U.S.C. 1981). 
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