IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 446
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance
under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 of administrative guide-
lines applicable to religious harassment in employment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 26, 1994
Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. ARCHER, Mr. ARMEY, Mr.
BACHUS of Alabama, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr.
BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mr. BARRETT of Ne-
braska, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BARTON of
Texas, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BUNNING, Mr.
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CANADY, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. COM-
BEST, Mr. COX, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRANE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DELAY,
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DORNAN, Mr.
DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. EVERETT, Mr.
EWING, Mr. FAWELL, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GALLO, Mr.
PETE
GEREN
of Texas, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr.
GOODLATTE, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. HANSEN,
Mr. HASTERT, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
HOEKSTRA, Mr. HUFFINGTON, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr.
HYDE, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KIM, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLINK, Mr.
KNOLLENBERG, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LIGHTFOOT,
Mr. LINDER, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. MCCANDLESS, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr.
MCDADE, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr.
MICA, Mr. MICHEL, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr.
MOORHEAD, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MYERS of Indiana, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr.
OXLEY, Mr. ORTON, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. PAXON, Mr. POMBO, Mr.
PORTMAN, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REGULA, Mr. ROBERTS,
Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr.
SMITH of Michigan, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. STEARNS,
Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SUNDQUIST, Mr. SWETT, Mr. TALENT,
Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALKER, Mr.
WELDON, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. ZELIFF) submitted
•HRES 446 IH
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the issuance under title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 of administrative guidelines applicable to reli-
gious harassment in employment.
Whereas the liberties protected by our Constitution include
the religious liberty clauses of the first amendment;
Whereas citizens of the United States profess the beliefs of
almost every conceivable religion;
Whereas Congress has historically protected religious expres-
sion even from governmental action not intended to be
hostile to religion;
Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States has written
‘‘the free exercise of religion means,first and foremost,the
right to believe and profess whatever religious doctrine
one desires’’;
Whereas the Supreme Court has firmly settled that under our
Constitution the public expression of ideas may not be
prohibited merely because the content of the ideas is of-
fensive;
Whereas the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
has written proposed guidelines to title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964,published in the Federal Register on
October 1,1993,which expand the definition of ‘‘harass-
ment’’ beyond established legal standards set forth by the
•HRES 446 IH
Supreme Court which may thus result in the infringe-
ment of religious liberty; and
Whereas the Commission has not offered sufficient evidence
that such guidelines are necessary to deal with religious
harassment or to remedy some gap or weakness in exist-
ing law: Now,therefore,be it
Resolved,That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that,for purposes of issuing under title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 final guidelines in connec-
tion with the Proposed Guidelines relating to unlawful
harassment in employment published by the Equal Em-
ployment Opportunity Commission on October 1,1993 (58
Fed. Reg. 51266),the Commission should exclude harass-
ment based on religion.
Æ