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Article: Civil Rights Commission endorses Civil Rights Bill. (Civil Rights Act of 1990)
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- June 28, 1990
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ENDORSES CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
WASHINGTON, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Commission on Civil Rights "strongly supports the efforts of Congress in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1990," and "urges Congress to pass and the president to sign the proposed legislation" with some modifications.
In a statement on the Civil Rights Act of 1990, the commission said it had serious concerns about a provision in Section 4 of the proposed legislation which could lead to the use of illegal quotas by employers. The commission recommended that Congress should clarify the language of the bill to make clear that in the absence of a ...