TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 21 - CIVIL RIGHTS
SUBCHAPTER VI - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
42 U.S.C. 2000e-17.
Procedure for denial, withholding, termination, or
suspension of Government contract subsequent to acceptance
by
Government of affirmative action plan of employer; time of
acceptance of plan
No Government contract,
or portion thereof, with any employer,
shall be denied, withheld, terminated, or suspended, by
any agency
or officer of the United States under any equal
employment
opportunity law or order, where such employer has an
affirmative
action plan which has previously been accepted by the
Government
for the same facility within the past twelve months
without first
according such employer full hearing and adjudication
under the
provisions of section 554 of title 5, and the following
pertinent
sections: Provided, That if such employer has deviated
substantially from such previously agreed to affirmative
action
plan, this section shall not apply: Provided further,
That for the
purposes of this section an affirmative action plan
shall be deemed
to have been accepted by the Government at the time the
appropriate
compliance agency has accepted such plan unless within
forty-five
days thereafter the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance has
disapproved such plan.
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(Pub. L. 88-352, title VII, Sec. 718, as added Pub. L.
92-261, Sec.
13, Mar. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 113.)
