2 U.S.C. § 1201
Section 1201 · 1201, 1202. Transferred
This is § 301 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 958 F. Supp. 1300 - Guy v. State of Illinois (1997)
Most recently applied in 169 F. Supp. 2d 770 - Dyer v. Radcliffe (March 2001)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
This chapter may be cited as the “Government Employee Rights Act of 1991”.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide procedures to protect the rights of certain government 1 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.
For purposes of this chapter, the term “violation” means a practice that violates section 1202(a) of this title.
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References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title III of Pub. L. 102–166, Nov. 21, 1991, 105 Stat. 1088, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of title III to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1995—Pub. L. 104–1 amended section generally, substituting “rights of certain government employees” for “right of Senate and other government employees” in subsec. (b) and striking out definitions of “Senate employee” and “head of employing office” in subsec. (c).
1994—Subsec. (c)(1)(B) to (D). Pub. L. 103–283, which directed the amendment of subsec. (c) by striking out subpar. (B), redesignating subpars. (C) and (D) as (B) and (C), respectively, and striking out “or (B)” after “described in subparagraph (A)” in subpars. (B) and (C), was executed by making the amendment to subsec. (c)(1) to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: “any employee of the Architect of the Capitol who is assigned to the Senate Restaurants or to the Superintendent of the Senate Office Buildings;”.
Effective Date
Chapter effective Nov. 21, 1991, except as otherwise provided, see section 402 of Pub. L. 102–166, set out as an Effective Date of 1991 Amendment note under section 1981 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.