20 1 relevant information which the Commission deems appro 2 priate to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 3 (b) A willful violation of this section shall be punish 4 able by a fine of not more than $500 for each separate 5 offense. 6 7 VETERANS' PREFERENCE SEC. 12. Nothing contained in this Act shall be con8 strued to repeal or modify any Federal, State, territorial, or 9 local law creating special rights or preference for veterans. 10 11 RULES AND REGULATIONS SEC. 13. The Commission shall have authority from 12 time to time to issue, amend, or rescind suitable regulations 13 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Regulations issued 14 under this section shall be in conformity with the standards 15 and limitations of the Administrative Procedure Act. FORCIBLY RESISTING THE COMMISSION OR ITS 16 17 18 REPRESENTATIVES SEC. 14. Whoever shall forcibly resist, oppose, impede, 19 intimidate, or interfere with a member, agent, or employee 20 of the Commission while engaged in the performance of 21 duties under this Act, or because of such performance, shall 22 be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprison23 ment for not more than one year, or by both. 1 2 21 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE SEC. 15. If any provision of this Act or the application 3 of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held 4 invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of such 5 provision to persons or circumstances other than those to 6 which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. 88TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1210 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 28, 1963 Mr. CASE (for himself, Mr. BEALL, Mr. Fong, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KUCHEL, and Mr. Scorr) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, or ancestry. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4 SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal 5 Equality of Opportunity in Employment Act". 6 FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF POLICY 7 SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that, despite 8 the continuing progress of our Nation, the practice of dis 10 9 crimination in employment against properly qualified persons because of their race, religion, color, national origin, or ancestry is contrary to the American principles of liberty 11 2 1 and of equality of opportunity, is incompatible with the 2 Constitution, forces large segments of our population into 3 substandard conditions of living, foments industrial strife and 4 domestic unrest, deprives the United States of the fullest 5 utilization of its capacities for production, endangers the na6 tional security and the general welfare, and adversely affects 7 the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States. 8 (b) The right to employment without discrimination 9 because of race, religion, color, national origin, or ancestry 10 is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right of 11 all the people of the United States. 12 (c) The Congress further declares that the succeeding 13 provisions of this Act are necessary for the following purposes: (1) To remove obstructions to the free flow of commerce among the States and with foreign nations. (2) To insure the more complete and full enjoyment by all persons of the rights, privileges, and immunities secured and protected by the Constitution of the United States. (3) To advance toward fulfillment of the international treaty obligations imposed by the Charter of the United Nations upon the United States as a signatory thereof to promote "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms 1 2 3 4 5 for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion". DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. As used in this Act (a) The term "person" includes one or more indi6 viduals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal repre7 sentatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, or any 8 organized group of persons and any agency or instrumen9 tality of the United States, including the District of Colum10 bia, or of any territory or possession thereof. 11 (b) The term "employer" means a person engaged in 12 commerce or in operations affecting commerce having in 13 his employ fifty or more individuals; any agency or instru14 mentality of the United States, including the District of 15 Columbia, or of any territory or possession thereof; and 16 any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly; but shall not include any State or municipality 18 or political subdivision thereof, or any religious, charitable, 19 fraternal, social, educational, or sectarian corporation or 20 association, if no part of the net earnings inures to the benefit 21 of any private shareholder or individual, other than a labor 22 organization. 17 23 (c) The term "employment agency" means any person 24 undertaking with or without compensation to procure em25 ployees or opportunities to work for an employer; but shall |