S. 1085 -- An act to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment
on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex with respect to Federal
employment, contracts, and programs, and for other purposes.
Author: Dole (R-KS)
Synopsis
Prohibits discrimination or preferences in Federal employment and contracting
on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex, or entering into a consent
decree requiring, authorizing, or permitting any such discrimination or preference.
Prohibits c onstruing the Act to prohibit or limit: (1) employment recruiting
or encouraging contract bidding or requiring or encouraging Federal contractors
to so recruit or encourage, if the recruiting or encouraging does not involve
a numerical objective or otherw ise granting a preference; (2) any act designed
to benefit historically Black colleges or universities; (3) any action under
a Federal law or treaty relating to the Indian tribes; or (4) classifications
based on sex if sex is a bona fide occupational qual ification reasonably
necessary to the normal operation of the Government, contractor, or subcontractor,
the classification is designed to protect privacy, a U.S. national security
interest is involved, or the classification is applied regarding an armed
f orces member on active duty in a theater of combat operations Referred to
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Republicans listed by state:
AZ - Kyl
AZ - Shelby
CO - Brown
IA - Grassley
KY - McConnell
OK - Nickles
WY -Simpson
