12 2 STA T .905PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 3 3 —M A Y 21 , 200 8penalti e sd es cr i b ed in secti o ns 1 1 76 and 1177 in t h esa m e manner and to the same e x tent that s u ch penalties appl y to v iolations o f this part .’ ’. ( b )REGULATIONS;EF FE C TI V E D ATE. — (1) REGULATIONS.— N ot later than 1 2 months after the date of the enactment of this A ct , the S ecretary of H ealth and Human Services shall issue final re g ulations to carry out the revision re q uired by section 11 80 (a) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a). T he Secretary has the sole authority to promulgate such regulations, but shall promulgate such regulations in consultation w ith the Secretaries of L abor and the Treasury. (2) EFFECTIVE D ATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall ta k e effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC.106 . A SS URING C O OR D INA T ION. Except as provided in section 10 5 (b)(1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure, through the execution of an inter - agency memorandum of understanding among such Secretaries, that— (1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations issued by such Secretaries relating to the same matter over which two or more such Secretaries have responsibility under this title (and the amendments made by this title) are administered so as to have the same effect at all times; and (2) coordination of policies relating to enforcing the same requirements through such Secretaries in order to have a coordinated enforcement strategy that avoids duplication of enforcement efforts and assigns priorities in enforcement. TI T LE II —PROH I B ITI NG E M PLO Y MENT D I SC RIMIN A TION ON THE BASIS O F GENETIC INFORMATION SEC. 2 01. DE F INITIONS. I n this title
(1) C O M MISSION.—The term ‘ ‘Commission’’ means the Equal Employment O pportunity Commission as created by section 705 of the Civil Rights Act of 1 9 6 4 (42 U .S.C. 2000e – 4). (2) EM P LO Y EE; EMPLOYE R
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B OR ORGANI Z ATION; MEMBER.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means— (i) an employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 701(f) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e(f)); (ii) a State employee (including an applicant) described in section 3 04(a) of the G overnment Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16c(a)); (iii) a covered employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 101 of the Congressional Account- ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301); 42USC 2 0 00 f f .Memorandu m. 42 USC 3 00 g g –1 no t e. D ead li ne. 42 USC 1320d– 9 note.
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