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S. 431 (99th): Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985


A bill to restore the broad scope of coverage and to clarify the application of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Sponsor and status

Introduced
Feb 7, 1985
99th Congress (1985–1986)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on February 7, 1985, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

Sponsor

Edward “Ted” Kennedy

Senator for Massachusetts

Democrat

Cosponsors

47 Cosponsors (36 Democrats, 11 Republicans)

See Instead

H.R. 700 (same title)
Ordered Reported — May 21, 1985

Source

History

Feb 7, 1985
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

S. 431 (99th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 431. This is the one from the 99th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 99th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 18, 1986. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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