Equal Opportunity Protection and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2100
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2007-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Damages
Discrimination in education
Discrimination in employment
Education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Government procurement
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal fees
Minorities
Racial discrimination
Sex discrimination
State employees
Subcontractors
Wage restitution
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: 
Equal Opportunity Protection and Civil Rights Restoration Act of 2007 - Prohibits discrimination or preferences in federal employment and contracting and other federal programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Prohibits requiring or encouraging any federal contractor or subcontractor to so discriminate or grant a preference. 
 
 Prohibits states and private entities that receive federal financial assistance from so discriminating or granting a preference in connection with any contract or subcontract, employment, or admission to any educational institution. 
 
Prohibits construing this Act to prohibit or limit: (1) any act designed to benefit historically Black colleges or universities; or (2) any action under a federal law or treaty relating to the Indian tribes. Declares that this Act does not prohibit or limit employment classifications based on sex if sex is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to normal operation or the classification is applied regarding an armed forces member. 
Allows any aggrieved person to obtain, in a civil action, appropriate relief (including back pay) from the violator, including from a government entity. Requires awarding a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees as part of the costs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, and House Administration, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Introduced in House