RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS UNDER TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967, THE REHABIUTATION ACT OF 1973, AND TITLE I OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.

SEC. 201. RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS UNDER TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967, THE REHABIUTATION ACT OF 1973, AND TITLE I OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990. (a) Discriminatory Practices Prohibited.—All personnel actions affecting covered employees shall be made free from any discrimination based on— (1) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, within the meaning of section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2); (2) age, within the meaning of section 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a); or (3) disability, within the meaning of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791) and sections 102 through 104 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12112–12114). (b) Remedy.— (1) Civil rights.—The remedy for a violation of subsection (a)(1) shall be— (A) such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(g)); and (B) such compensatory damages as would be appropriate if awarded under section 1977 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981), or as would be appropriate if awarded under sections 1977A(a)(1), 1977A(b)(2), and, irrespective of the size of the employing office, 1977A(b)(3)(D) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a(a)(1), 1981a(b)(2), and 1981a(b)(3)(D)). (2) Age discrimination.—The remedy for a violation of subsection (a)(2) shall be— (A) such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under section 15(c) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a(c)); and (B) such liquidated damages as would be appropriate if awarded under section 7(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 626(b)). In addition, the waiver provisions of section 7(f) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 626(f)) shall apply to covered employees. (3) Disabilities discrimination.—The remedy for a violation of subsection (a)(3) shall be— (A) such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under section 505(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 109 STAT. 8 (29 U.S.C. 794a(a)(1)) or section 107(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12117(a)); and (B) such compensatory damages as would be appropriate if awarded under sections 1977A(a)(2), 1977A(a)(3), 1977A(b)(2), and, irrespective of the size of the employing office, 1977A(b)(3)(D) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a(a)(2), 1981a(a)(3), 1981a(b)(2), and 1981a(b)(3)(D)). (c) Application to General Accounting Office, Government Printing Office, and Library of Congress.— (1) Section 717 of the civil rights act of 1964.—Section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) is amended by— (A) striking “legislative and”; (B) striking “branches” and inserting “branch”; and (C) inserting “Government Printing Office, the General Accounting Office, and the” after “and in the”. (2) Section 15 of the age discrimination in employment act of 1967.—Section 15(a) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a(a)) is amended by— (A) striking “legislative and”; (B) striking “branches” and inserting “branch”; and (C) inserting “Government Printing Office, the General Accounting Office, and the” after “and in the”. (3) Section 509 of the americans with disabilities act of 1990.—Section 509 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12209) is amended— (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b) of section 509; (B) in subsection (c), by striking “(c) Instrumentalities of Congress.—” and inserting “The General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, and the Library of Congress shall be covered as follows:”; (C) by striking the second sentence of paragraph (2); (D) in paragraph (4), by striking “the instrumentalities of the Congress include” and inserting “the term ‘instrumentality of the Congress’ means”, by striking “the Architect of the Capitol, the Congressional Budget Office”, by inserting “and” before “the Library”, and by striking “the Office of Technology Assessment, and the United States Botanic Garden”; (E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7) and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: “(5) Enforcement of employment rights.—The remedies and procedures set forth in section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) shall be available to any employee of an instrumentality of the Congress who alleges a violation of the rights and protections under sections 102 through 104 of this Act that are made applicable by this section, except that the authorities of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall be exercised by the chief official of the instrumentality of the Congress.”; and (F) by amending the title of the section to read “INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE CONGRESS”. (d) Effective Date.—This section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.