Bill > HR4448

This bill aims to eliminate disparate-impact claims in employment and housing discrimination law by amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act. Disparate-impact claims are legal actions that challenge practices that appear neutral on the surface but disproportionately affect certain protected groups. The bill would prohibit such claims by preventing individuals from filing lawsuits based solely on the statistical outcomes of employment or housing practices, even if those practices inadvertently create different results for different racial, gender, or other protected groups. Specifically, the bill would modify existing laws to state that employment and housing practices cannot be challenged if they are neutral in intent and do not explicitly aim to discriminate, even if they have a disproportionate effect on certain populations. The bill also nullifies previous Presidential approvals of regulations related to civil rights enforcement, effectively removing legal mechanisms that currently allow disparate-impact claims. By doing so, the legislation seeks to limit what its supporters view as overly broad interpretations of civil rights protections, while critics would argue it reduces legal recourse for addressing systemic discrimination.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4448/all-info