[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR720.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 720--AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A--Principal Statutory Requirements
 
Sec. 720.101  Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program.


    This section incorporates the statutory requirements for 
establishing and conducting an equal opportunity recruitment program 
consistent with law within the Federal civil service. The policy in 5 
U.S.C. 7201(b) reads as follows: ``It is the policy of the United States 
to insure equal employment opportunities for employees without 
discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national 
origin. The President shall use his existing authority to carry out this 
policy.'' 5 U.S.C. 7201(c) requires under regulations prescribed by the 
Office of Personnel Management:

    ``(1) That each Executive agency conduct a continuing program for 
the recruitment of members of minorities for positions in the agency to 
carry out the [anti-discrimination] policy set forth in subsection (b) 
in a manner designed to eliminate underrepresentation of minorities in 
the various categories of civil service employment within the Federal 
service, with special efforts directed at recruiting in minority 
communities, in educational institutions, and from other sources from 
which minorities can be recruited; and
    ``(2) That the Office conduct a continuing program of--
    ``(A) Assistance to agencies in carrying out programs under 
paragraph (1) of this subsection; and
    ``(B) Evaluation and oversight of such recruitment programs to 
determine their effectiveness in eliminating such minority 
underrepresentation.''


This section and all implementing guidance shall be interpreted 
consistent with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 
42 U.S.C. 2000c et seq.

[44 FR 22031, Apr. 13, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 193, Jan. 4, 1983]