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- Title 1 General Provisions
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§ 2000ff-6. Remedies and enforcement
(a)
Employees covered by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(1)
In general
The powers, procedures, and remedies provided in sections 705, 706, 707, 709, 710, and 711 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000e–4 to 2000e–6, 2000e–8 to 2000e–10] to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person, alleging a violation of title VII of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) shall be the powers, procedures, and remedies this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in section
2000ff
(2)(A)(i) of this title, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3)
Damages
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in section
1981a of this title, including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section
1981a, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person, alleging such a practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under section
1981a
(a)(1) of this title).
(b)
Employees covered by Government Employee Rights Act of 1991
(1)
In general
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in sections 302 and 304 of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16b, 2000e–16c) to the Commission, or any person, alleging a violation of section 302(a)(1) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16b
(a)(1)) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in section
2000ff
(2)(A)(ii) of this title, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3)
Damages
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in section
1981a of this title, including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section
1981a, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, or any person, alleging such a practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under section
1981a
(a)(1) of this title).
(c)
Employees covered by Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
(1)
In general
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) to the Board (as defined in section 101 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 1301)), or any person, alleging a violation of section 201(a)(1) of that Act [2 U.S.C. 1311
(a)(1)] shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to that Board, or any person, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in section
2000ff
(2)(A)(iii) of this title, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3)
Damages
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in section
1981a of this title, including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section
1981a, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to that Board, or any person, alleging such a practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under section
1981a
(a)(1) of this title).
(4)
Other applicable provisions
With respect to a claim alleging a practice described in paragraph (1), title III of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) shall apply in the same manner as such title applies with respect to a claim alleging a violation of section 201(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1311
(a)(1)).
(d)
Employees covered by chapter
5 of title
3
(1)
In general
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in chapter
5 of title
3 to the President, the Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, or any person, alleging a violation of section 411(a)(1) of that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the President, the Commission, such Board, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in section
2000ff
(2)(A)(iv) of this title, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3)
Damages
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in section
1981a of this title, including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section
1981a, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the President, the Commission, such Board, or any person, alleging such a practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under section
1981a
(a)(1) of this title).
(e)
Employees covered by section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(1)
In general
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) to the Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person, alleging a violation of that section shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee or applicant described in section
2000ff
(2)(A)(v) of this title, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3)
Damages
The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in section
1981a of this title, including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section
1981a, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person, alleging such a practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under section
1981a
(a)(1) of this title).
(f)
Prohibition against retaliation
No person shall discriminate against any individual because such individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this chapter or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter. The remedies and procedures otherwise provided for under this section shall be available to aggrieved individuals with respect to violations of this subsection.
(g)
Definition
In this section, the term “Commission” means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
[1] So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
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