S 2463 · 94th Congress · Women
Fair Treatment Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.(1975-10-02)
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Fair Treatment Act - Provides that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of commissions, boards, and advisory panels established by the States to study the denial of the equal protection of the laws to women in such States. Authorizes to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out such studies. Directs, within one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit to Congress a report containing recommendations for legislation: (1) to provide social security benefits to husbands and widowers of women workers under the same conditions as such benefits are provided under existing law to wives and widows of men workers; and (2) to provide equitable retirement benefits to families with working wives under the Social Security Act and the civil service retirement system. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to, within one year from the date of the enactment …
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Cosponsors (5)
4 Democrats1 Republican