Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel August 12, 1986 (Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Reporting Act of 1986)

Federal Equal Employment Opportunity

Reporting Act of 1986

Legislation authorizing the Equal Em ploym ent Opportunity Com mission (EEOC) to subpoena

em ployees o f federal agencies not in compliance with EEOC annual reporting requirements

and to seek enforcem ent of such subpoenas in federal court would violate the doctrine of

separation of powers by undercutting the President’s power to provide