[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 45, Volume 3] [Revised as of October 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 45CFR701.1] [Page 267-269] TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE CHAPTER VII--COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS PART 701_ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION--Table of Contents Subpart A_Organizations and Functions Sec. 701.1 Establishment. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part Page 701 Organization and functions of the Commission 269 702 Rules on hearings, reports, and meetings of the Commission.......................... 272 703 Operations and functions of State Advisory Committees.............................. 281 704 Information disclosure and communications... 284 705 Materials available pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a.................................... 291 706 Employee responsibilities and conduct....... 296 707 Enforcement of nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities conducted by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights......................... 303 708 Collection by salary offset from indebted current and former employees............ 309 [[Page 269]] Subpart A_Organizations and Functions Sec. 701.1 Establishment. 701.2 Responsibilities. Subpart B_Organization Statement 701.10 Membership of the Commission. 701.11 Commission meetings--duties of the Chairperson. 701.12 Staff Director. 701.13 Staff organization and functions. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1975, 1975a, 1975b. Source: 67 FR 70482, Nov. 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted. The United States Commission on Civil Rights (hereinafter referred to as the ``Commission'') is a bipartisan agency of the executive branch of the Government. The predecessor agency to the present Commission was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, 71 Stat. 634. This Act was amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1960, 74 Stat. 86; the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 241; by 81 Stat. 582 (1967); by 84 Stat. 1356 (1970); by 86 Stat. 813 (1972); and by the Civil Rights Act of 1978, 92 Stat. 1067. The present Commission was established by the United States Commission on Civil Rights Act of 1983, 97 Stat. 1301, as amended by the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, 108 Stat. 4339. The statutes are codified in 42 U.S.C. 1975 through 1975d. (Hereinafter, the 1994 Act will be referred to as ``the Act.'')