[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1037 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1037 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1991 with respect to the application of such Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 27 (legislative day, April 19), 1993 Mrs. Murray introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1991 with respect to the application of such Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. Section 402 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 1981 note) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a) In General.--''; and (2) by striking subsection (b). SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. (a) Application.--For purposes of determining the application of the amendments made by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, such amendments shall apply to a case that was subject to section 402(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) in the same manner and to the same extent as such amendments apply to any case brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) that was not subject to section 402(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. (b) Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, or shall be considered to be evidence of, congressional intent regarding the application of such amendments to any case that was not subject to section 402(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. <all>