The United States Commission on Civil Rights The United States
Commission on Civil Rights, first created by the Civil Rights
Act of 1957, and reestablished by the United States Commission
on Civil Rights Act of 1983, is an independent, bipartisan
agency of the Federal Government. By the terms of the 1983 act,
as amended by the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of
1994, the Commission is charged with the following duties
pertaining to discrimination or denials of the equal protection
of the laws based on race, color, religion, sex, age,
disability, or national origin, or in the administration of
justice: investigation of individual discriminatory denials of
the right to vote; study and collection of information relating
to discrimination or denials of the equal protection of the law;
appraisal of the laws and policies of the United States with
respect to discrimination or denials of equal protection of the
law; maintenance of a national clearinghouse for information
respecting discrimination or denials of