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Litigation Oversight Act of 2014
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to approve commencing or intervening in certain litigation, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to obtain majority approval from its full Commission before commencing or intervening in litigation involving multiple plaintiffs or allegations of systemic discrimination or discriminatory patterns and practices. Any individual Commission member may require a majority vote on whether the EEOC commences or intervenes in any litigation, expanding the approval requirement beyond just systemic cases. The Commission may not delegate this approval authority to staff or other persons. Within 30 days of commencing or intervening in approved litigation, the EEOC must publicly disclose on its website the court, case name and number, nature of allegations, causes of action, and each Commissioner's individual vote. The Commission must also issue procedural regulations to implement these approval and disclosure requirements.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
2 cosponsors
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] (R-NC)
- Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] (R-IN)
Actions (4)
- Nov 17, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. · house
- Sep 17, 2014 Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral. · house
- Sep 9, 2014 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. · house
- Sep 9, 2014 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 9, 2014
Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Rokita, and Mr. Hudson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to approve commencing or intervening in certain litigation, and for other purposes.
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 “Litigation Oversight Act of 2014”.
SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF EEOC LITIGATION COMMENCEMENT OR INTERVENTION.
Section 705 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-4) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(l)(1) The Commission shall approve or disapprove by majority vote whether the Commission shall commence or intervene in litigation involving multiple plaintiffs, or an allegation of systemic discrimination or a pattern or practice of discrimination.
“(2) A member of the Commission shall have the power to require the Commission to approve or disapprove by majority vote whether the Commission shall commence or intervene in any litigation.
“(3) Neither the Commission nor a member of the Commission may delegate the authority provided under paragraph (1) or (2) to any other person.
“(4) Not later than 30 days after the Commission commences or intervenes in litigation pursuant to approval under this subsection, the Commission shall post and maintain the following information on its public website with respect to the litigation:
“(A) The court in which the case was brought.
“(B) The name and case number of the case.
“(C) The nature of the allegation.
“(D) The causes of action brought.
“(E) Each Commissioner’s vote on commencing or intervening in the litigation.
“(5) The Commission shall issue, in a manner consistent with section 713, procedural regulations to carry out this subsection.”. <all>
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