{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s2000e\u201316a","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2000e\u201316a.","heading":"Short title; purpose; definition","text":"\u00a7\u202f2000e\u201316a.\nShort title; purpose; definition\n(a)\nShort title\nSections 2000e\u201316a to 2000e\u201316c of this title may be cited as the \u201cGovernment Employee Rights Act of 1991\u201d.\n(b)\nPurpose\nThe purpose of sections 2000e\u201316a to 2000e\u201316c of this title is to provide procedures to protect the rights of certain government employees, with respect to their public employment, to be free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.\n(c)\n\u201cViolation\u201d defined\nFor purposes of sections 2000e\u201316a to 2000e\u201316c of this title, the term \u201cviolation\u201d means a practice that violates\nsection 2000e\u201316b(a) of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s2000e\u201316a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000e\u201316a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2000e\u201316a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Short title; purpose; definition"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000e\u201316a/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Short title"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Sections 2000e\u201316a to 2000e\u201316c of this title may be cited as the \u201cGovernment Employee Rights Act of 1991\u201d.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000e\u201316a/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Purpose"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The purpose of sections 2000e\u201316a to 2000e\u201316c of this title is to provide procedures to protect the rights of certain government employees, with respect to their public employment, to be free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000e\u201316a/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"\u201cViolation\u201d defined"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"For purposes of sections 2000e\u201316a to 2000e\u201316c of this title, the term \u201cviolation\u201d means a practice that violates ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2000e\u201316b(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s2000e\u201316b/a","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}