Extending the time limitations on Federal employees filing a complaint

(a) In general The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (referred to in this section as the Commission) shall ensure that a covered Federal employee shall not be required to take any action necessary to bring a complaint to the department, agency, unit, or instrumentality involved prior to 4 years from the date of the matter alleged to be discriminatory or, in the case of personnel action, 4 years from the effective date of the personnel action. (b) Covered employees and complaints In this section, the term covered Federal employee means— (1) an employee or applicant to whom section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16(a)) applies, in the case of a complaint brought under section 717 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); (2) an employee or applicant to whom section 15(a) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a(a)) applies, in the case of a complaint brought under section 15 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 633a); (3) an employee or applicant to whom section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791) applies, in the case of a complaint brought to enforce that section under section 505 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 794a); and (4) an employee or applicant described in section 201(2)(A)(v) of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff(2)(A)(v)), in the case of a complaint brought to enforce title II of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.) under section 207(e) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000ff–6(e)).