Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
Long title	An act to further promote equal employment opportunities for American workers
Enacted by	the 92nd United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 92–261
Statutes at Large	86 Stat. 103
Codification
Acts amended	Civil Rights Act of 1964
Titles amended	Title 5: Government Organization and Employees; Title 42: Public Health and Welfare
U.S.C. sections amended	42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e–2000e-8; 5 U.S.C. § 5108;
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 1746 by Augustus Hawkins (D–CA); Passed the House on September 16, 1971 (285–106); Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on March 24, 1972;
United States Supreme Court cases
	Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535 (1974);

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is a United States federal law which amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen protections against employment discrimination. It prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, and marital or familial status. Specifically, it empowers the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to take enforcement action against individuals, employers, and labor unions which violated the employment provisions of the 1964 Act, and expanded the jurisdiction of the commission as well. It also requires employers to make reasonable accommodation for the religious practices of employees.