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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering Jobs Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF RULES FOR TAX-EXEMPT ENTERPRISE ZONE FACILITY 
              BONDS.

    (a) In General.--Clause (i) of section 1394(b)(3)(B) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``References'' and inserting the following:
                                    ``(I) In general.--Except as 
                                provided in subclause (II), 
                                references'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(II) Special rule for employee 
                                residence test.--For purposes of 
                                subsection (b)(6) and (c)(5) of section 
                                1397C, an employee shall be treated as 
                                a resident of an empowerment zone if 
                                such employee is a resident of an 
                                empowerment zone, an enterprise 
                                community, or a qualified low-income 
                                community within an applicable 
                                nominating jurisdiction.''.
    (b) Definitions.--
            (1) Qualified low-income community.--Paragraph (3) of 
        section 1394(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
        by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) 
        and (E), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Qualified low-income community.--For purposes 
                of subparagraph (B)--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `qualified low-
                        income community' means any population census 
                        tract if--
                                    ``(I) the poverty rate for such 
                                tract is at least 20 percent, or
                                    ``(II) the median family income for 
                                such tract does not exceed 80 percent 
                                of statewide median family income (or, 
                                in the case of a tract located within a 
                                metropolitan area, metropolitan area 
                                median family income if greater).
                        Subclause (II) shall be applied using 
                        possessionwide median family income in the case 
                        of census tracts located within a possession of 
                        the United States.
                            ``(ii) Targeted populations.--The Secretary 
                        shall prescribe regulations under which 1 or 
                        more targeted populations (within the meaning 
                        of section 103(20) of the Riegle Community 
                        Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 
                        1994) may be treated as a qualified low-income 
                        communities.
                            ``(iii) Areas not within census tracts.--In 
                        the case of an area which is not tracted for 
                        population census tracts, the equivalent county 
                        divisions (as defined by the Bureau of the 
                        Census for purposes of defining poverty areas) 
                        shall be used for purposes of determining 
                        poverty rates and median family income.
                            ``(iv) Modification of income requirement 
                        for census tracts within high migration rural 
                        counties.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--In the case of a 
                                population census tract located within 
                                a high migration rural county, clause 
                                (i)(II) shall be applied to areas not 
                                located within a metropolitan area by 
                                substituting `85 percent' for `80 
                                percent'.
                                    ``(II) High migration rural 
                                county.--For purposes of this clause, 
                                the term `high migration rural county' 
                                means any county which, during the 20-
                                year period ending with the year in 
                                which the most recent census was 
                                conducted, has a net out-migration of 
                                inhabitants from the county of at least 
                                10 percent of the population of the 
                                county at the beginning of such 
                                period.''.
            (2) Applicable nominating jurisdiction.--Subparagraph (D) 
        of section 1394(b)(3) of such Code, as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1), is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new clause:
                            ``(iii) Applicable nominating 
                        jurisdiction.--The term `applicable nominating 
                        jurisdiction' means, with respect to any 
                        empowerment zone or enterprise community, any 
                        local government that nominated such community 
                        for designation under section 1391.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Clause (iii) of section 1394(b)(3)(B) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``or an enterprise community'' and 
        inserting ``, an enterprise community, or a qualified low-
        income community within an applicable nominating 
        jurisdiction''.
            (2) Subparagraph (D) of section 1394(b)(3) of such Code, as 
        redesignated by subsection (b)(1), is amended by striking 
        ``Definitions'' and inserting ``Other definitions''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to bonds issued before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and not redeemed before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EMPOWERMENT ZONE TAX INCENTIVES.

    (a) In General.--Clause (i) of section 1391(d)(1)(A), as amended by 
the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2014'' and inserting ``December 31, 2016''.
    (b) Treatment of Certain Termination Dates Specified in 
Nominations.--In the case of a designation of an empowerment zone the 
nomination for which included a termination date which is 
contemporaneous with the date specified in subparagraph (A)(i) of 
section 1391(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect 
before the enactment of this Act), subparagraph (B) of such section 
shall not apply with respect to such designation if, after the date of 
the enactment of this section, the entity which made such nomination 
amends the nomination to provide for a new termination date in such 
manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's designee) 
may provide.
    (c) Effective Dates.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to periods after December 31, 2014.
[EX A]: Empowering Jobs Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt enterprise zone facility bonds and empowerment zones, to: (1)&nbsp;include as employees of a qualified business entity employees who are residents of&nbsp;an empowerment zone, an enterprise community, or a qualified low-income community; and (2)&nbsp;extend the period of designation for empowerment zones through December 31, 2016 (thus extending the eligibility of such zones for certain tax benefits). 

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Lending Education And 
Reform Act'' and the ``C.L.E.A.R. Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
1631 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 129A the following 
new section:
``Sec. 129B Protections for consumers
    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            ``(1) Affiliate.--The term `affiliate' has the same meaning 
        as in section 129(k).
            ``(2) Electronic signature.--The term `electronic 
        signature' means a signatures in digital or other electronic 
        form that meets the validity requirements of the Electronic 
        Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
            ``(3)  Extended payment plan.--The term `extended payment 
        plan' means an amendment to the payday loan that is signed in 
        person or electronically by both the consumer and the creditor 
        reflecting an agreement that the consumer pay the outstanding 
        balance on a payday loan in 4 equal payments, where the period 
        between each payment may not be less than the duration of the 
        original payday loan.
            ``(4) Home state.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `home State' means, 
                with respect to any creditor or any affiliate of a 
                creditor, the State in which the primary home office of 
                the creditor or any affiliate of the creditor is 
                located.
                    ``(B) Home office.--The term `home office' means 
                the office that houses a majority of the applicable 
                party's day-to-day management and administrative 
                support functions.
            ``(5) Interest and fees.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the term `interest and fees' includes 
                any charge payable directly or indirectly by the 
                consumer and imposed directly or indirectly by the 
                creditor as an incident to or a condition of the 
                extension of credit.
                    ``(B) Charges not included.--The term `interest and 
                fees' does not include--
                            ``(i) any charge for a default, 
                        delinquency, or similar occurrence; or
                            ``(ii) any charge imposed when, if for any 
                        reason, funds are not made available to pay an 
                        item or authorization delivered to the creditor 
                        in the manner described in subparagraph (A) or 
                        (B) of paragraph (1) to the extent that--
                                    ``(I) the charge does not exceed 
                                the greater of $25 or the amount 
                                charged to the creditor by the 
                                creditor's financial institution; and
                                    ``(II) the charge is only imposed 
                                once per each item or authorization 
                                regardless of whether the item or 
                                authorization is presented for payment 
                                more than once.
            ``(6) Loan store.--The term `loan store' means each 
        location operated by a creditor at which applications for 
        payday loans are received or the proceeds of payday loans are 
        disbursed.
            ``(7) Payday loan; loan.--The terms `payday loan' and 
        `loan' mean a closed-end credit transaction, evidenced by a 
        loan agreement signed by the creditor and the consumer, in 
        person or electronically, unsecured by any interest in the 
        consumer's tangible personal property with a term of at least 7 
        and not more than 90 days in which the amount financed does not 
        exceed $2,000 with a finance charge exceeding an annual 
        percentage rate of 36 percent, and the consumer--
                    ``(A) receives funds from and incurs interest or a 
                fee payable to a creditor, and contemporaneously with 
                the receipt of funds, provides a check or other payment 
                instrument to the creditor who agrees with the consumer 
                not to deposit or present the check or payment 
                instrument for more than 1 day; or
                    ``(B) receives funds from and incurs interest or a 
                fee payable to a creditor, and contemporaneously with 
                the receipt of funds, authorized the creditor to 
                initiate a debt or debits to the consumer's deposit 
                account (by electronic fund transfer or remotely 
                created check) after 1 or more days.
            ``(8) Payday lender.--The term `payday lender' means any 
        creditor with respect to a payday loan.
            ``(9) Refinancing.--The term `refinancing' means the use of 
        the proceeds of 1 payday loan obtained from a creditor to pay 
        off any amount due to that creditor.
    ``(b) Protections for Consumers.--
            ``(1) Interest and fee cap.--A payday lender may not--
                    ``(A) require a consumer to pay--
                            ``(i) in the case of any original payday 
                        loan, interest and other fees and charges that 
                        total more than 15 cents for every dollar 
                        loaned; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of an original payday 
                        loan originated over the Internet, an 
                        additional origination fee in excess of 5 
                        percent of the original principal loan amount;
                    ``(B) require a consumer to pay interest and fees 
                that, combined, total more than--
                            ``(i) in the case of the 1st refinancing of 
                        an outstanding payday loan, 15 cents for every 
                        dollar of the outstanding original principal 
                        loan amount; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of the 2nd refinancing 
                        of an outstanding payday loan, 10 cents for 
                        every dollar of the outstanding original 
                        principal loan amount; or
                    ``(C) require a consumer to pay an origination fee 
                for a payday loan that is refinanced.
            ``(2) Mandatory disclosures.--A payday lender may not make 
        or refinance a payday loan unless the creditor has first 
        provided the consumer with a copy of a written loan agreement, 
        which shall be signed by the creditor and by the consumer and 
        shall include the following information in English and in the 
        language in which the loan was negotiated:
                    ``(A) A clear and conspicuous description of the 
                terms of the loan, including the total cost of all fees 
                and other charges in connection with the loan stated as 
                a dollar amount, and the consumer's payment obligations 
                under the loan.
                    ``(B) The name, address and telephone number of the 
                creditor making the loan, and the name of title of the 
                individual employee of the creditor who signs the loan 
                agreement on behalf of the creditor.
                    ``(C) The following statements, in at least 14-
                point bold face type:
                            ``(i) Warning.--This loan is not intended 
                        to meet long-term financial needs. This loan 
                        should be used only to meet short-term cash 
                        needs.
                            ``(ii) Credit counseling availability.--You 
                        should consider contacting an independent, 
                        nonprofit credit counseling agency approved by 
                        the National Foundation for Credit Counseling 
                        (NFCC) or by a State or Federal Government 
                        agency. You may obtain information on how to 
                        contact an approved counselor near you by 
                        calling the National Foundation for Credit 
                        Counseling at 1-800-388-2227.
                            ``(iii) No criminal prosecution or security 
                        interest.--You cannot be prosecuted in criminal 
                        court to collect this loan, and the creditor 
                        may not take or attempt to take an interest in 
                        any of your personal property to secure his 
                        loan.
            ``(3) Additional public disclosures.--A payday lender may 
        not make or refinance a payday loan to any consumer unless the 
        following notices are posted conspicuously in English and 
        Spanish and in not less than 1-inch bold print in the 
        creditor's public lending area in each loan store, or, if the 
        loan is made using the Internet, fax or other means, are posted 
        conspicuously on the creditor's public internet site relating 
        to any such payday loan:
                    ``(A) Warning.--This loan is not intended to meet 
                long-term financial needs. This loan should be used 
                only to meet short-term cash needs.
                    ``(B) Credit counseling availability.--You should 
                consider contacting an independent, nonprofit credit 
                counseling agency approved by the National Foundation 
                for Credit Counseling (NFCC) or by a State or Federal 
                Government agency. You may obtain information on how to 
                contact an approved counselor near you by calling the 
                National Foundation for Credit Counseling at 1-800-388-
                2227.
                    ``(C) No criminal prosecution or security 
                interest.--You cannot be prosecuted in criminal court 
                to collect this loan, and the creditor may not take or 
                attempt to take an interest in any of your personal 
                property to secure his loan.
            ``(4) Creditor surety bond requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A payday lender may not make or 
                refinance a payday loan unless the creditor has 
                obtained and filed, in accordance with subparagraph 
                (B), a surety bond in the following amount:
                            ``(i) A surety bond in the amount of 
                        $100,000 for each loan store operated by the 
                        creditor, if the creditor operates fewer than 
                        10 loan stores and does not offer any payday 
                        loans over the Internet.
                            ``(ii) A surety bond in the amount of 
                        $1,000,000, if the creditor operates 10 or more 
                        loan stores or offers loans over the Internet.
                            ``(iii) Such greater amount as may be 
                        required by applicable State law.
                    ``(B) Bond requirements.--The surety bond obtained 
                by a payday lender to meet the requirements of 
                subparagraph (A) shall be filed with, and for the 
                benefit of, the State attorney general in the 
                creditor's home state.
                    ``(C) Aggregation of lender and affiliate under 
                certain circumstances.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
                a creditor and each affiliate of a creditor which has 
                the same home State as the creditor may aggregate the 
                loan stores operated by such creditor and any such 
                affiliate for purposes of determining the amount of the 
                surety bond required to be filed under subparagraph 
                (A).
            ``(5) Extended payment plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A payday lender may not make or 
                refinance a payday loan unless the terms of the loan 
                require the creditor, upon receiving notice from the 
                consumer of an inability to repay prior to close of 
                business on the last business day before the original 
                due date of the loan, provides the consumer with notice 
                of and the right to opt into an extended payment plan, 
                without charge, 1 time in any 12 month period.
                    ``(B) Limitation during extended payment plan.--A 
                creditor may not engage in any collection activity (or 
                procure the services of any other for such purpose) 
                during the term of any extended payment plan.
            ``(6) Refinancing.--A payday lender may not--
                    ``(A) refinance a payday loan for less than 7 days;
                    ``(B) refinance a payday loan more than 2 
                consecutive times; refinance a payday loan without 
                terminating the previous agreement and entering into a 
                new agreement that the creditor and consumer each sign 
                in person or with an electronic signature; or
                    ``(C) require a consumer to pay interest and fees 
                in connection with a refinancing that, combined, total 
                more than the amount permitted under paragraph 
                (1)(B).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Disclosures.--Section 128(a)(4) of the Truth in Lending 
        Act (U.S.C. 1638(a)(4)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' after ``does not exceed 
                $5,'' and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or if the loan is subject to 
                section 129B''.
            (2) Effect on other laws.--Section 111 of the Truth in 
        Lending Act (U.S.C. 1610) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b), by inserting ``subsection 
                (f) of this section and'' after ``Except as provided 
                in''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(f) Payday Loans.--
            ``(1) In general.--The following provisions of the law of 
        any State shall not apply to any payday loan, or any 
        refinancing of a payday loan, that is subject to section 129B:
                    ``(A) Any provision requiring minimum loan terms.
                    ``(B) Any provision prohibiting, defining or 
                limiting any refinancing.
                    ``(C) Any provision prohibiting or limiting the use 
                of a check or debit authorization to originate a payday 
                loan.
                    ``(D) Any provision prohibiting or mandating 
                extended payment plans.
                    ``(E) Any provision limiting the rate or amount of 
                interest and fees or default, delinquency or not 
                sufficient fund fees or other charges which may be 
                taken, received or reserved by creditors for payday 
                loans or any refinancing of a payday loan.
            ``(2) Enforcement.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any 
        State may employ or establish State laws for the purpose of 
        enforcing the requirements of section 129B.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 2 of the 
Truth in Lending Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 129 the following new items:

``129A. Fiduciary duty of servicers of pooled residential mortgages.
``129B. Protections for consumers.''.
[EX A]: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act or the C.L.E.A.R. Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to limit the interest, fees and charges that a payday lender may require a consumer to pay with respect to an original payday loan and a refinanced payday loan.

Prohibits a payday lender from: (1) requiring a consumer to pay an origination fee for a payday loan that is refinanced; or (2) making or refinancing a payday loan unless the creditor has first provided the consumer with a copy of a written loan agreement, signed by the creditor and by the consumer, which includes specified information in English and in the language in which the loan was negotiated.

Requires a payday lender to file a surety bond.

Prohibits a payday lender from making or refinancing a payday loan unless the terms of the loan require the creditor, upon receiving notice of consumer's inability to repay, to provide the consumer with notice of and the right to opt into an extended payment plan, without charge, one time in any 12-month period.

Prohibits a creditor from engaging in any collection activity (or procuring the services of any other for such purpose) during the term of any extended payment plan.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Harassment-Free Workplace Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to provide Federal protection to small business 
        employees from sexual harassment in their workplaces;
            (2) to extend the sexual harassment provisions of current 
        civil rights laws to private sector employers who are not 
        currently covered by Federal law relating to sexual harassment; 
        and
            (3) to authorize the Equal Employment Opportunity 
        Commission to enforce sexual harassment laws with respect to 
        small businesses in the same manner as the Commission currently 
        enforces employment discrimination laws with respect to other 
        businesses.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Commerce.--The term ``commerce'' means trade, traffic, 
        commerce, transportation, transmission, or communication--
                    (A) among the several States;
                    (B) between a State and any place outside thereof;
                    (C) within the District of Columbia, or a 
                possession of the United States; or
                    (D) between points in the same State but through a 
                point outside thereof.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Equal 
        Employment Opportunity Commission established under section 705 
        of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-4).
            (3) Complaining party.--The term ``complaining party'' 
        means the Commission, the Attorney General, or a person who may 
        bring an action or proceeding under this Act.
            (4) Employee.--The term ``employee'' means an individual 
        employed by an employer, except that the term ``employee'' 
        shall not include any person elected to public office in any 
        State or political subdivision of any State by the qualified 
        voters thereof, or any person chosen by such officer to be on 
        such officer's personal staff, or an appointee on the policy 
        making level or an immediate adviser with respect to the 
        exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of the office. 
        The exemption set forth in the preceding sentence shall not 
        include employees subject to the civil service laws of a State 
        government, governmental agency, or political subdivision. With 
        respect to employment in a foreign country, such term includes 
        an individual who is a citizen of the United States.
            (5) Employer.--The term ``employer'' means a person engaged 
        in an industry affecting commerce who has fewer than fifteen 
        employees for each working day in each of 33 or more calendar 
        weeks in the current and in the preceding calendar year.
            (6) Employment agency.--The term ``employment agency'' 
        means any person regularly undertaking with or without 
        compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure 
        for employees opportunities to work for an employer, and 
        includes an agent of such a person.
            (7) Industry affecting commerce.--The term ``industry 
        affecting commerce'' means any activity, business, or industry 
        in commerce or in which a labor dispute would hinder or 
        obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce and includes any 
        activity or industry ``affecting commerce'' within the meaning 
        of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 
        and further includes any governmental industry, business, or 
        activity.
            (8) Labor organization.--The term ``labor organization'' 
        means a labor organization engaged in an industry affecting 
        commerce, and any agent of such an organization, and includes 
        any organization of any kind, any agency, or employee 
        representation committee, group, association, or plan so 
        engaged in which employees participate and which exists for the 
        purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers 
        concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay 
        hours, or other items or conditions of employment, and any 
        conference, general committee, joint or system board, or joint 
        council so engaged which is subordinate to a national or 
        international labor organization.
            (9) Labor organization deemed to be engaged in an industry 
        affecting commerce.--A labor organization shall be deemed to be 
        engaged in an industry affecting commerce if--
                    (A)(i) it maintains or operates a hiring hall or 
                hiring office which procures employees for an employer 
                or procures for employees opportunities to work for an 
                employer; or
                    (ii) the number of its members (or, where it is a 
                labor organization composed of other labor 
                organizations or their representatives, if the 
                aggregate number of the members of such other labor 
                organizations) is fewer than 15; and
                    (B) such labor organization--
                            (i) is the certified representative of 
                        employees under the provisions of the National 
                        Labor Relations Act or the Railway Labor Act;
                            (ii) although not certified, is a national 
                        or international labor organization or a local 
                        labor organization recognized or acting as the 
                        representative of employees of an employer or 
                        employers engaged in an industry affecting 
                        commerce;
                            (iii) has chartered a local labor 
                        organization or subsidiary body which is 
                        representing or actively seeking to represent 
                        employees of employers within the meaning of 
                        clause (i) or (ii);
                            (iv) has been chartered by a labor 
                        organization representing or actively seeking 
                        to represent employees within the meaning of 
                        clause (i) or (ii) as the local or subordinate 
                        body through which such employees may enjoy 
                        membership or become affiliated with such labor 
                        organization; or
                            (v) is a conference, general committee, 
                        joint or system board, or joint council 
                        subordinate to a national or international 
                        labor organization, which includes a labor 
                        organization engaged in an industry affecting 
                        commerce within the meaning of any of clauses 
                        (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv).
            (10) Person.--The term ``person'' includes one or more 
        individuals, governments, governmental agencies, political 
        subdivisions, labor unions, partnerships, associations, 
        corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-
        stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, 
        trustees, trustees in cases under title 11, United States Code, 
        or receivers.
            (11) Respondent.--The term ``respondent'' means--
                    (A) an employer, employment agency, labor 
                organization; or
                    (B) a joint labor-management committee controlling 
                apprenticeship or other training or retraining program, 
                including an on-the-job training program, that serves 
                an employer or an employee.
            (12) State.--The term ``State'' includes a State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the 
        Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, the Canal 
        Zone, and Outer Continental Shelf lands defined in the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act.

SEC. 4. SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

    (a) In General.--It shall be an unlawful employment practice for a 
respondent to engage in a practice that constitutes sexual harassment, 
within the meaning of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) (including any regulation or administrative 
guideline issued under such title, or any applicable case law issued by 
a Federal court with respect to such title, regarding such harassment) 
against an employee or an applicant for employment with an employer.
    (b) Anti-retaliation.--It shall be an unlawful employment practice 
for a respondent to discriminate against any such employee or applicant 
because the employee or applicant has opposed any practice made an 
unlawful employment practice by this Act, or because the employee or 
applicant has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in 
any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this Act.

SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIES, AND RELATED PROVISIONS.

    (a) Enforcement and Remedies.--
            (1) In general.--This Act provides the powers, remedies, 
        and procedures set forth in sections 705, 706, 707, 709, 710, 
        713, and 714 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
        4, 2000e-5, 2000e-6, 2000e-8, 2000e-9, 2000e-12, and 2000e-13) 
        to the Commission, to the Attorney General, or to any person 
        alleging a violation of any provision of this Act, as 
        appropriate.
            (2) Damages.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), in an action brought by a complaining party under 
                paragraph (1) in accordance with section 706 of the 
                Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-5) against a 
                respondent who engaged in a practice that violates a 
                provision of this Act, the complaining party may be 
                awarded compensatory and punitive damages as allowed in 
                section 1977A(b) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
                1981a(b)), in addition to any relief authorized by 
                section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, from 
                the respondent.
                    (B) Limitations.--If--
                            (i) a complaining party is awarded, under 
                        this paragraph, compensatory damages for future 
                        pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, 
                        inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of 
                        enjoyment of life, or other nonpecuniary 
                        losses, or punitive damages; and
                            (ii) on the day on which the complaining 
                        party is awarded damages described in clause 
                        (i) there is in effect under section 1977A of 
                        the Revised Statutes a limit on the sum of the 
                        amount of such damages that may be awarded 
                        under such section in an action in which the 
                        respondent has more than 14 and fewer than 101 
                        employees in each of 20 or more calendar weeks 
                        in the current or preceding calendar year,
                the sum of the amount of such damages that the 
                complaining party may be awarded under this paragraph 
                may not exceed the sum described in clause (ii).
                    (C)  Jury trial.--If a complaining party seeks 
                compensatory or punitive damages under this paragraph--
                            (i) any party may demand a trial by jury; 
                        and
                            (ii) the court shall not inform the jury of 
                        the limitations described in subparagraph (B).
    (b) Extraterritorial Application.--Section 702 of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-1) shall apply with respect to the 
application of this Act to an employer, employing agency, labor 
organization, or committee, in the same manner and to the same extent 
as such section applies with respect to the application of title VII of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) to an employer, employing agency, 
labor organization, or committee, respectively, as such terms are used 
in such Act.
    (c) Effect on State Laws.--Section 708 of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-7) shall apply with respect to the construction 
of this Act in the same manner and to the same extent as such section 
applies with respect to the construction of title VII of such Act.

SEC. 6. POSTING NOTICES.

    (a) Notice.--Every respondent shall post and keep posted, in the 
manner prescribed by section 711 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e-10), a notice describing the applicable provisions of this 
Act, to be prepared or approved by the Commission and to appear in an 
accessible format, for employees and applicants for employment with 
employers.
    (b) Penalty.--A willful violation of this section shall be 
punishable by a fine of not more than $100 for each separate offense.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
[EX A]:
Harassment-Free Workplace Act - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for a respondent (employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee of an apprenticeship, training, or retraining program) to engage in a practice that constitutes sexual harassment as defined under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against an employee or job applicant. Prohibits any action against an employee or applicant in response to a charge or allegation of sexual harassment or participation in an investigation.  Provides for enforcement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Attorney General, or an aggrieved party.  Allows compensatory and punitive damages, with limitations. 
Requires all respondents to post a notice, prepared or approved by the Commission, describing the applicable provisions of this Act.