Requiring the committees of the House of Representatives to report legislation to include the Congress under certain employment and civil rights laws.

Declares that the generally applicable Federal employment and civil rights laws should apply to the Congress.

Requires the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives to report legislation providing for coverage of the Congress by the following laws, together with any related or similar laws: (1) the Social Security Act; (2) the National Labor Relations Act; (3) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (4) the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (5) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; (6) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; (7) title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; (8) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (9) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; (10) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978; (11) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; (12) the Freedom of Information Act; and (13) the Privacy Act of 1974.

[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H. Res. 288 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 288

  Requiring the committees of the House of Representatives to report 
legislation to include the Congress under certain employment and civil 
                              rights laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 1993

    Mr. Bonilla (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Lewis of 
 California, Mr. Penny, Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Barton of 
   Texas, Mr. Glickman, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Parker, Mr. Cox, Mr. 
 Gutierrez, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Coppersmith, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Boehner, Ms. 
 Margolies-Mezvinsky, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, and Mr. Grams) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred jointly to the Committees on 
 House Administration, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Government 
                     Operations, and the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Requiring the committees of the House of Representatives to report 
legislation to include the Congress under certain employment and civil 
                              rights laws.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the generally 
applicable employment and civil rights laws of the United States should 
apply to the Congress.

SEC. 2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES TO REPORT LEGISLATION TO 
              MAKE CONGRESS SUBJECT TO EMPLOYMENT AND CIVIL RIGHTS 
              LAWS.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than the end of the first session of 
the One Hundred Third Congress, the appropriate committees of the House 
of Representatives shall report legislation providing for coverage of 
the Congress by the laws specified in subsection (b), together with any 
related or similar laws.
    (b) Laws Specified.--The laws referred to in subsection (a) are--
            (1) the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.);
            (2) the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et 
        seq.);
            (3) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
        seq.);
            (4) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.);
            (5) section 552 of title 5, United States Code, commonly 
        referred to as the Freedom of Information Act;
            (6) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 
        U.S.C. 621 et seq.);
            (7) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
        U.S.C. 651 et seq.);
            (8) title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
        1681 et seq.);
            (9) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.);
            (10) section 552a and section 552a note of title 5, United 
        States Code, commonly known together as the Privacy Act of 
        1974;
            (11) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et 
        seq.);
            (12) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. 701 et 
        seq. and 5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.); and
            (13) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        12101 et seq.).

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