Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 2000e-16b


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 2000e-16b. Discriminatory practices prohibited

    (a) Practices
      All personnel actions affecting the Presidential appointees
    described in section 1219 )1(! of title 2 or the State employees
    described in section 2000e-16c of this title shall be made free
    from any discrimination based on - 

        (1) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, within the
      meaning of section 2000e-16 of this title;
        (2) age, within the meaning of section 633a of title 29; or
        (3) disability, within the meaning of section 791 of title 29
      and sections 12112 to 12114 of this title.
    (b) Remedies
      The remedies referred to in sections 1219(a)(1) )1(! of title 2
    and 2000e-16c(a) of this title - 
        (1) may include, in the case of a determination that a
      violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) of this section has
      occurred, such remedies as would be appropriate if awarded under
      sections 2000e-5(g), 2000e-5(k), and 2000e-16(d) of this title,
      and such compensatory damages as would be appropriate if awarded
      under section 1981 or sections 1981a(a) and 1981a(b)(2) of this
      title;
        (2) may include, in the case of a determination that a
      violation of subsection (a)(2) of this section has occurred, such
      remedies as would be appropriate if awarded under section 633a(c)
      of title 29; and
        (3) may not include punitive damages.



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