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 109 STAT. 40 PUBLIC LAW 104~1-JAN. 23, 1995 (3) an employee on the staff of a Member of the House of Representatives or on the staff of a Senator; (4) an officer of the House of Representatives or the Senate or a congressional employee who is elected by the House of Representatives or Senate or is appointed by a Member of the House of Representatives or by a Senator (in addition an employee described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3)); or (5) an applicant for a position that is to be occupied by an individual described in any of paragraphs (1) through (4). 2 USC 1433. SEC. 503. NONDISCRIMINATION RULES OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE. The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives retain full power, in accordance with the authority provided to them by the Senate and the House, with respect to the discipline of Members, officers, and employees for violating rules of the Senate and the House on nondiscrimination in employment. SEC. 504. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) CIVIL RIGHTS REMEDIES. — (1) Sections 301 and 302 of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1201 and 1202) are amended to read as follows: "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 rights of certain 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) DEFINITION.— For purposes of this title, the term 'violation' means a practice that violates section 302(a) of this title. "SEC. 302. DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES PROHIBITED. "(a) PRACTICES. —All personnel actions affecting the Presidential appointees described in section 303 or the State employees described in section 304 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) 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 -14). "(b) REMEDIES. —The remedies referred to in sections 303(a)(1) and 304(a)— "(1) may include, in the case of a determination that a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) has occurred, such remedies as would be appropriate if awarded under sections 706(g), 706(k), and 717(d) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-5(g), 2000e-5(k), 2000e-16(d)), and such compensatory damages as would be appropriate if awarded under section

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