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42 U.S.C. § 2000e–16a

Short title; purpose; definition

United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective

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42 U.S.C. § 2000e–16a, Short title; purpose; definition, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/478285
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Sections 2000e–16a to 2000e–16c of this title may be cited as the “Government Employee Rights Act of 1991”. 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. 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.

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The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.