3 U.S.C. § 411 : US Code - Section 411: Rights and protections under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Search 3 U.S.C. § 411 : US Code - Section 411: Rights and protections under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

(a) Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. - All personnel actions
affecting covered employees shall be made free from any
discrimination based on - 
(1) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, within the
meaning of section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
(2) age, within the meaning of section 15 of the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; or
(3) disability, within the meaning of section 501 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and sections 102 through 104 of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
(b) Remedy. - 
(1) Civil rights. - The remedy for a violation of subsection
(a)(1) shall be - 
(A) such damages as would be appropriate if awarded under
section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and
(B) such compensatory damages as would be appropriate if
awarded under section 1977 of the Revised Statutes, or as would
be appropriate if awarded under sections 1977A(a)(1),
1977A(b)(2), and, irrespective of the size of the employing
office, 1977A(b)(3)(D) of the Revised Statutes.
(2) Age discrimination. - The remedy for a violation of
subsection (a)(2) shall be - 
(A) such damages as would be appropriate if awarded under
section 15(c) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967; and
(B) such liquidated damages as would be appropriate if
awarded under section 7(b) of such Act.
In addition, the waiver provisions of section 7(f) of such Act
shall apply to covered employees.
(3) Disabilities discrimination. - The remedy for a violation
of subsection (a)(3) shall be - 
(A) such damages as would be appropriate if awarded under
section 505(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or section
107(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and
(B) such compensatory damages as would be appropriate if
awarded under sections 1977A(a)(2), 1977A(a)(3), 1977A(b)(2),
and, irrespective of the size of the employing office,
1977A(b)(3)(D) of the Revised Statutes.
(c) Definitions. - Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this section, as used in this section:
(1) Covered employee. - The term "covered employee" means any
employee of a unit of the executive branch, including the
Executive Office of the President, whether appointed by the
President or by any other appointing authority in the executive
branch, who is not otherwise entitled to bring an action under
any of the statutes referred to in subsection (a), but does not
include any individual - 
(A) whose appointment is made by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate;
(B) who is appointed to an advisory committee, as defined in
section 3(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act; or
(C) who is a member of the uniformed services.
(2) Employing office. - The term "employing office", with
respect to a covered employee, means the office, agency, or other
entity in which the covered employee is employed (or sought
employment or was employed in the case of an applicant or former
employee, respectively).
(d) Regulations To Implement Section. - 
(1) In general. - The President, or the designee of the
President, shall issue regulations to implement paragraphs (1)
and (3) of subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (3) of
subsection (b).
(2) Agency regulations. - The regulations issued under
paragraph (1) shall be the same as substantive regulations
promulgated by the appropriate officer of an executive agency to
implement the statutory provisions referred to in paragraphs (1)
and (3) of subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (3) of
subsection (b) - 
(A) except to the extent that the President or designee may
determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the
regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be
more effective for the implementation of the rights and
protections under this section; and
(B) except that the President or designee may, at the
discretion of the President or designee, issue regulations to
implement a provision of section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 or section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that
applies to employees in the executive branch of the Federal
Government in lieu of an analogous statutory provision referred
to in paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a) or paragraph (1)
or (3) of subsection (b), if the issuance of such regulations -

(i) would be equally effective for the implementation of
the rights and protections under this section; and
(ii) would promote uniformity in the application of Federal
law to employees in the executive branch of the Federal
Government.
(e) Applicability. - Subsections (a) through (c), and section 417
(to the extent that it relates to any matter under this section),
shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after the
effective date of this chapter.
(f) Effective Date. - This section shall take effect on October
1, 1997.