TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 21 - CIVIL RIGHTS
SUBCHAPTER VI - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
42 U.S.C. 2000e-16a.
Short title; purpose; definition
(a) Short title
Sections 2000e-16a to 2000e-16c of this title may be cited
as the
"Government Employee Rights Act of 1991".
(b) Purpose
The purpose of sections 2000e-16a to 2000e-16c of this title
is
to provide procedures to protect the rights of certain
government
employees, with respect to their public employment, to be
free of
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
national
origin, age, or disability.
(c) "Violation" defined
For purposes of sections 2000e-16a to 2000e-16c of this
title,
the term "violation" means a practice that violates section
2000e-16b(a) of this title.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 102-166, title III, Sec. 301, Nov. 21, 1991, 105
Stat.
1088; Pub. L. 103-283, title III, Sec. 312(f)(1), July 22,
1994,
108 Stat. 1446; Pub. L. 104-1, title V, Sec. 504(a)(1), Jan.
23,
1995, 109 Stat. 40.)
