Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Amendments of 1990
PL 101-504 (H.R.5794), enacted 11/03/1990

104 STAT. 1298 
PUBLIC LAW 101-504—NOV. 3, 1990 
Public Law 101-504 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 3, 1990 
[H.R. 5794] 
Discrimination 
Claims 
Assistance. 
Amendments of 
1990. 
29 u s e 626 note. 
To amend the Age Discrimination Claims Assisttince Act of 1988 to extend the statute 
of limitations applicable to certadn additional clfiims under the Age Discrimination 
in Employment Act of 1967. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Age Discrimination Claims Assist-
ance Amendments of 1990". 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 3 of the 
Age 
Discrimination Claims Assistaince Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-283; 
29 U.S.C. 626 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(a) EXTENSION.—" before "Notwithstanding", 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking "540-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act" and 
inserting "applicable extension period", 
(3) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting "(A)" after "(1)", and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
"(B) with respect to the alleged unlawful practice on which 
the claim in such civil action is based, a charge was timely filed 
under such Act with the Commission after April 6, 1985,", 
(4) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: 
"(3XA) with respect to a claim described in paragraph (IXA) 
the statute of limitations applicable under such section 7(e) ran 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, or 
"(B) with respect to a claim described in paragraph (IXB) the 
statute of limitations applicable under such section 7(e) runs 
after April 6, 1988, but before the expiration of the 180-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Age 
Discrimination Claims Assistance Amendments of 1990.", and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
"(b) DEFINITION.—The term 'extension period' means— 
"(1) with respect to a charge described in paragraph (1)(A), the 
450-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and 
"(2) with respect to a charge described in paragraph (1)(B), the 
450-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of the 
Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Amendments of 1990, 
and". 
(b) NOTICE OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 4 of the 
Age 
Discrimination Claims Assistance Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-283; 
29 U.S.C. 626 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking "Not" and mserting "(1) Not", 
(B) by inserting "before April 7, 1985," after "filed", and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Age Discrimination Claims Assistemce Amendments of 1990, the 
Commission shall provide the notice specified in subsection (b) to 
each person who filed after April 6,1985, a charge to which section 3 
applies and with respect to which the statute of limitation ran 
before the date of the enactment of the Age Discrimination Claims 
Assistance Amendments of 1990. 
"(3) Not later than 60 days after the expiration of the 180-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Age Discrimi-
nation Claims Assistance Amendments of 1990, the Commission 
shall provide the notice specified in subsection (b) to each person 
who filed after April 6,1985, a charge to which section 3 applies and 
with respect to which the statute of limitations runs in such 180-day 
period.", and 
(2) in subsection (bX2) by striking "(which is 540 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act)", 
(c) REPORTS.—Section 5(a) of the Age Discrimination Claims 
/ 
Assistance Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-283; 29 U.S.C. 626 note) is 
amended by inserting "and each 150-day period in the 450-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Age Discrimi-
nation Claims Assistance Amendments of 1990," after "this Act,". 
Approved November 3, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5794: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): 
Oct. 11, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 18, considered and passed Senate.