[20040325]RS21778_P.L.法律概述107-174《2002年通知和联邦雇员反歧视和报复法》.pdf

1 See Findings, P.L. 107-174, 101.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21778March 25, 2004Legal Overview of P.L. 107-174, theNotification and Federal EmployeeAntidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002name redactedLegislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryIn the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act,(No FEAR Act), P.L. 107-174, Congress found that federal agencies lackedaccountability for enforcement of federal anti-discrimination and whistleblower statutessince any monetary judgment against an agency was paid from the Judgment Fund ofthe U.S. Department of Justice, rather than the agencys own operating budget. The Actaddresses the problem by requiring agencies to reimburse the Treasury for any judgmentor settlement of federal employee discrimination or whistleblower reprisal claims. Inaddition, individual agencies and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission mustpost annual statistics on their websites, setting forth the numbers of complaints filed,pending, and resolved; the amount paid out on such claims; the number of employeesdisciplined for discrimina