# 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** · Final rule. · Published 1999-05-27 · Effective 1999-05-27 · 64 FR 28743
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-13341
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 28743
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 1603
- **Publication date:** 1999-05-27
- **Effective date:** 1999-05-27
## Abstract

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is adopting as final an interim rule establishing procedures for implementing Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, entitled the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, which 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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/05/27/99-13341/procedures-for-previously-exempt-state-and-local-government-employee-complaints-of-employment)
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