Anti-Discrimination Act of 1997 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make a defendant who purposefully engages in an unlawful employment practice by intentionally treating a covered person worse than another because of that covered person's race, gender, religion, or national origin guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a monetary fine (higher for a corporation than for an individual). Makes a subsequent conviction a felony if it involves conduct substantially similar to the first offense. Authorizes the U.S. Sentencing Commission to propose to the Congress amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines altering the sentences imposed under the amendment made by this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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