Civil Rights Amendments of 1991

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Civil Rights Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide for the burdens of proof which must be met by the various parties when an allegation of an unlawful employment practice is based on a statistically signficant disparate impact. Declares that, when an employment practice is alleged to have mixed motives, an unlawful employment practice is established when it is shown that a discriminatory basis was a motivating factor, if the respondent fails to demonstrate that it would have taken the same action regardless of the race, color, religion, sex, or national origin of the individual involved. Makes it an unlawful employment practice to interpret or adjust the results of ability tests in a manner that would discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Declares that, in a disparate impact case concerning use of an abiity test, when the respondent has shown that the use is justified by business necessity, use of the test shall not constitute an unlawful practice merely because the test could be adjusted on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin to reduce the disparate impact. Declares that, for provisions relatin…