# Procedures for Previously Exempt State and Local Government Employee Complaints of Employment Discrimination Under the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991
> **US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission** · Interim rule. · Published 1997-04-10 · Effective 1997-04-10 · 62 FR 17542
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-9162
- **Category:** other
- **Agency:** US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 17542
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 1603
- **Publication date:** 1997-04-10
- **Effective date:** 1997-04-10
## Abstract

Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, entitled the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, extends the protections against employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age and disability to previously exempt state and local government employees. This interim rule establishes EEOC procedures for resolving employment discrimination complaints filed by those individuals.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/04/10/97-9162/procedures-for-previously-exempt-state-and-local-government-employee-complaints-of-employment)
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