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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2424
To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to post
on its premises notices to employees regarding the applicable provisions
of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 1, 1999
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois (for himself, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. FROST, Ms.
LEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mrs.
CLAYTON, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr.
GEJDENSON, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. OWENS, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr.
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. PASTOR,
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Ms. MCKINNEY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services,
and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and
Government Reform, 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
A BILL
To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System to post on its premises notices to employees
regarding the applicable provisions of title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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 ‘‘Federal Reserve Board
Civil Rights Compliance Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
was a milestone embodying a national policy of equal
protection under the law regardless of race, color,
religion, sex, or national origin.
(2) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
protects individuals against discrimination in the
workplace.
(3) Section 717 of title VII of such Act applies
to all personnel actions affecting employees and ap-
plicants for employment in an ‘‘executive agency’’.
(4) An ‘‘executive agency’’ is defined in section
105 of title 5, United States Code, to include an
‘‘independent 
establishment’’ 
in 
the 
executive
branch.
(5) The Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System exercises extensive regulatory and en-
forcement authority as a Federal banking agency (as
defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Act) with regard to State banks which are
members of a Federal reserve bank, bank holding
companies, and foreign bank operations in the
retaliation, in violation of title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
(12) The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System has repeatedly suggested in cor-
respondence with the Congress that such Board is
not an executive agency under section 105 of title 5,
United States Code, and is therefore not covered by
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(13) The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System has acted inconsistently with cur-
rent law in suggesting, despite—
(A) the unambiguous meaning of section
105 of title 5, United States Code,
(B) the unambiguous language title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and
(C) the clear applicability of title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve in several
cases brought against the Board in the courts
of the United States,
that the Board is not covered by title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
SEC. 3. REQUIRED POSTING OF NOTICES.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem shall post and keep posted in conspicuous places upon
its premises where such notices to employees and appli-
cants for employment are customarily posted, and at such
other places as the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission may determine, a notice to be prepared or ap-
proved by the Commission setting forth—
(1) excerpts from or summaries of the pertinent
provisions of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), and
(2) information pertinent to the rights and pro-
cedures applicable under such Acts to employees of,
and applicants for employment by, the Board.
SEC. 4. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System shall submit a report, to the Committee
on Banking and Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate, describing in detail the ac-
tions taken by the Board to achieve compliance with sec-
tion 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000e–16).
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