105 STAT. 1088 PUBLIC LAW 102-166—NOV. 21, 1991 imXTe'Sights TITLE III—GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE Act of 1991. RIGHTS 2 USC 1201. SEC. 301. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT OF 1991. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This title may be cited as the "Government Employee Rights Act of 1991". (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to provide procedures to protect the right of Senate and other 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. (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title: (1) SENATE EMPLOYEE. —The term "Senate employee" or "employee" means— (A) any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate; (B) any employee of the Architect of the Capitol who is assigned to the Senate Restaurants or to the Superintendent of the Senate Office Buildings; (C) any applicant for a position that will last 90 days or more and that is to be occupied by an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or (D) any individual who was formerly an employee described in subparagraph (A) or (B) and whose claim of a violation arises out of the individual's Senate employment. (2) HEAD OF EMPLOYING OFFICE.—The term "head of employing office" means the individual who has final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the terms, conditions or privileges of the Senate employment of an employee. (3) VIOLATION.— The term "violation" means a practice that violates section 302 of this title. 2 USC 1202. SEC. 302. DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES PROHIBITED. All personnel actions affecting employees of the Senate shall be made free from any discrimination based on— (1) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, within the meaning of section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16); (2) age, within the meaning of section 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a); or (3) handicap or disability, within the meaning of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791) and sections 102- 104 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12112-14). 2 USC 1203. SEC. 303. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. (a) IN GENERAL. — T here is established, as an office of the Senate, the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices (referred to in this title as the "Office"), which shall— (1) administer the processes set forth in sections 305 through 307; (2) implement programs for the Senate to heighten awareness of employee rights in order to prevent violations from occurring. (b) DIRECTOR.—
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