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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2100 
To provide for equal protection of the law and to prohibit discrimination 
and preferential treatment on the basis of race, color, national origin, 
or sex in Federal actions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2007 
Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight 
and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and House Administra-
tion, 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 provide for equal protection of the law and to prohibit 
discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis 
of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Equal Opportunity 
Protection and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND 
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither 
the Federal Government nor any officer, employee, or 
agent of the Federal Government shall— 
(1) intentionally discriminate against, or grant 
a preference to, any person or group based in whole 
or in part on race, color, national origin, or sex, in 
connection with— 
(A) a Federal contract or subcontract; 
(B) Federal employment; or 
(C) any other federally conducted program 
or activity; or 
(2) require or encourage a Federal contractor 
or subcontractor, or the recipient of a license or fi-
nancial assistance, to discriminate intentionally 
against, or grant a preference to, any person or 
group based in whole or in part on race, color, na-
tional origin, or sex, in connection with any Federal 
contract or subcontract or Federal license or finan-
cial assistance. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION RELATING TO RECIPIENTS OF FED-
ERAL AID. 
A State or private entity that receives Federal finan-
cial assistance may not discriminate against, or grant a 
preference to, any person or group based in whole or in 
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part on race, color, national origin, or sex, in connection 
with— 
(1) any contract or subcontract; 
(2) employment; or 
(3) admission to any educational institution. 
SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit 
or limit any act that is designed to benefit an institution 
that is an historically Black college or university on the 
basis that the institution is an historically Black college 
or university. 
(b) INDIAN TRIBES.—This Act does not prohibit any 
action taken— 
(1) pursuant to a law enacted under the con-
stitutional powers of Congress relating to the Indian 
tribes; or 
(2) under a treaty between an Indian tribe and 
the United States. 
(c) CERTAIN SEX-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS.—This 
Act does not prohibit or limit any classification based on 
sex if— 
(1) the classification is applied with respect to 
employment and the classification would be exempt 
from the prohibitions of title VII of the Civil Rights 
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Act of 1964 by reason of section 703(e)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2(e)(1)); or 
(2) the classification is applied with respect to 
a member of the Armed Forces pursuant to statute, 
direction of the President or Secretary of Defense, 
or Department of Defense policy. 
(d) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAWS.—This 
Act does not affect any law governing immigration or na-
tionality, or the administration of any such law. 
SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE REVIEW OF POLICIES AND REGULA-
TIONS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the head of each department or agency of the 
Federal Government, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, shall review all existing policies and regulations 
that such department or agency head is charged with ad-
ministering, modify such policies and regulations to con-
form to the requirements of this Act, and report to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
the results of the review and any modifications to the poli-
cies and regulations. 
SEC. 6. REMEDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person aggrieved by a viola-
tion of section 2 or 3 may, in a civil action against the 
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violator (including a violator that is a governmental enti-
ty), obtain appropriate relief (which may include back 
pay). A prevailing plaintiff in a civil action under this sec-
tion shall be awarded a reasonable attorney’s fee as part 
of the costs. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—This section does not affect 
any remedy available under any other law. 
SEC. 7. EFFECT ON PENDING MATTERS. 
(a) PENDING CASES.—This Act does not affect any 
case pending on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) PENDING CONTRACTS
AND SUBCONTRACTS.— 
This Act does not affect any contract or subcontract in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including any 
option exercised under such contract or subcontract before 
or after such date of enactment. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Fed-
eral Government’’ means executive and legislative 
branches of the Government of the United States. 
(2) PREFERENCE.—The term ‘‘preference’’ 
means an advantage of any kind, and includes a 
quota, set-aside, numerical goal, timetable, or other 
numerical objective. 
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(3) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGE
OR
UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college or 
university’’ means a part B institution, as defined in 
section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
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