[19980527]97-527GOV_平权行动：最近的国会和总统活动.pdf

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Statement on Affirmative Action (Washington: 1977), p. 2.1Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web97-527 GOVUpdated May 27, 1998Affirmative Action: Recent Congressional andPresidential ActivityAndorra BrunoAnalyst in American National Government Government DivisionSummaryIn recent years, the U.S. Congress and the President have been reevaluating, andproposing changes to, existing affirmative action policies. Multiple bills to restrictaffirmative action were introduced in the 104 Congress, but only one limited measurethwas enacted. Some anti-preference legislation is currently before the 105 Congress.thThe Clinton Administration has generally opposed efforts to terminate affirmative actionprograms and, instead, has proposed various reforms.BackgroundThe U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has defined affirmative action to encompass“any measure, beyond simple termination of a discriminatory practice, adopted to corrector compensate for past or present discrimination or to prevent discrimination fromrecurring in the future.” Affirmative action operates in areas including employment,1public c