                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                CHAPTER 24--CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
 
Part A--Employment Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor 
    Standards, Employee Polygraph Protection, Worker Adjustment and 
  Retraining, Employment and Reemployment of Veterans, and Intimidation
 
Sec. 1311. Rights and protections under title VII of Civil 
        Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 
        1967, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and title I of 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) of this section 
    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 1981 of title 42, or as would be 
        appropriate if awarded under sections 1981a(a)(1), 1981a(b)(2), 
        and, irrespective of the size of the employing office, 
        1981a(b)(3)(D) of title 42.

                       (2) Age discrimination

        The remedy for a violation of subsection (a)(2) of this section 
    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) of this section 
    shall be--
            (A) such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under 
        section 505(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (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 1981a(a)(2), 1981a(a)(3), 1981a(b)(2), 
        and, irrespective of the size of the employing office, 
        1981a(b)(3)(D) of title 42.

(c) Omitted

(d) Effective date

    This section shall take effect 1 year after January 23, 1995.

(Pub. L. 104-1, title II, Sec. 201, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 7.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 201 of Pub. L. 104-1. Subsec. (c) of 
section 201 of Pub. L. 104-1 amended section 633a of Title 29, Labor, 
and sections 2000e-16 and 12209 of Title 42, The Public Health and 
Welfare.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1331, 1408, 1415, 1432, 1435 
of this title.
