PUBLIC LAW 95 4 4 4
OCT. 10, 1978
92 STAT. 1067
Public Law 95-444 95th Congress An Act To extend the Commission on Civil Riglits for five years, to authorize appropriations for the Commission, to effect certain technical changes to comply vpith changes in the lavp, and for other purposes.
Be it ermcted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Civil Eights Commission Act of 1978". SEC. 2. (a) Section 103(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975b(a)) is amended by striking out "section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2; 60 Stat. 808)." and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code.". (b) Section 103(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975 (b)) is amended by striking out "the provisions of the Travel Expenses Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 835-42; 63 Stat. 166)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 of the United States Code". SEC. 3. (a) Section 104 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975c) is amended— (1) in each of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), by inserting "age, handicap," after "sex,"; (2) in each of subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4), by inserting ", age, handicap," after "sex"; (3) in subsection (a)(2) by inserting "discrimination or" before "a denial"; (4) in each of subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4), by inserting "discrimination or" before "denials"; (5) by redesignating paragraph (6) of subsection (a) as subsection (b); (6) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively; and (7) by adding at the end the following: "(e) As used in this section, the term 'handicap' means, with respect to an individual, a circumstance that would make that individual a handicapped individual as defined in the second sentence of section 7(6) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(6)). "(f) Nothing in this or any other Act shall be construed as authorizing the Commission, its Advisory Committees, or any person under its supervision or control to appraise, or to study and collect information about, laws and policies of the Federal Government, or any other governmental authority in the United States, with respect to abortion.". (b) Subsection (b) (which is redesignated as subsection (c) by this Act) of section 104 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975c (b)) is amended by striking out "fiscal year 1978" and inserting in lieu thereof "the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983". SEC. 4. Section 105(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975d(a)) is amended by striking out "and who shall receive compensation at a rate, to be fixed by the President, not in excess of $22,500 a year".
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Oct. 10, 1978 [S. 3067]
Civil Rights Commission Act of 1978. 42 USC 1975 note.
42 USC 1975b.
'Handicap'
Abortion. Limitation of Commission authority.
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