United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

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Division overview
Formed	December 9, 1957 (1957-12-09)
Jurisdiction	United States federal government agency
Headquarters	Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building 950Pennsylvania AvenueNW Washington, D.C., United States
Annual budget	$162 million (2015)[1]
Division executives	Harmeet Dhillon,Assistant Attorney General Jesus A. Osete, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Parent department	United States Department of Justice
Key document	Civil Rights Act of 1957
Website	justice.gov/crt

TheUnited States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is a division of theUnited States Department of Justice that enforces federal statutes prohibitingdiscrimination on the basis ofrace,sex, disability,religion, and national origin.

The division was established on December 9, 1957, by order of Attorney GeneralWilliam P. Rogers, after theCivil Rights Act of 1957 created the head office ofAssistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (AAG-CR; appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate)

• Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights:^{[citation needed]}
  • Appellate Section
  • Coordination and Review Section
  • Criminal Section
  • Disability Rights Section
  • Educational Opportunities Section
  • Employment Litigation Section
  • Housing and Civil Enforcement Section
  • Immigrant and Employee Rights Section^[2]
  • Policy & Strategy Section
  • Special Litigation Section
  • Voting Section

The division enforces

• the Civil Rights Acts of1957,1960,1964, and1968
• theVoting Rights Act of 1965, as amended through 2006
• theEqual Credit Opportunity Act of 1974
• theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• theNational Voter Registration Act of 1993
• theMatthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
• theUniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986
• theVoting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984
• theCivil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980, which authorizes the Attorney General to seek relief for persons confined in public institutions where conditions exist that deprive residents of their constitutional rights
• theFreedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994
• the Police Misconduct Provision of theViolent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
• theReligious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
• theReligious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
• Section 102 of theImmigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of national origin and citizenship status as well as document abuse and retaliation under theImmigration and Nationality Act of 1952.

In addition, the division prosecutes actions under several criminal civil rights statutes which were designed to preserve personal liberties and safety.

  denotes head that served as acting Assistant Attorney General

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