Background: Congress released three amendments to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, all to fix loop holes and errors in the original legislative Act. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 - or EEOA for short - came as the fourth fix to Title VII. The bill was accompanyed by a report stating "[t]he time has come for Congress to correct the defects in its own legislation. The promises of equal job opportunity made in 1964 must [now] be made realities . . ."

The Act and its Achievements: This Act was passed through Congress in 1972 to attempt to close some of the loopholes and weaknesses of Title VII. The Act focused on stregthening the Equal Employment Opportunity Committiee (EEOC), by giving it more power in asserting its findings, along with expanding the jurisdictional reach of the EEOC. The Act gave the EEOC litigation power in the case of no agreement; extended Title VII's reach to educational institutions, state, local, and the Federal government; and extended the time that a person/party can bring a charge upon an employer or company in the case of discrimination. This last portion was crucial because it doubled the time that an individual can file a complaint if they believe they are being discriminated against, and also tripled the time that a person can file a lawsuit against their employer. This Act was useful in ensuring that individuals had a better access to resources, such as lawyers, in the case of needing to file a lawsuit. It helped close many loopholes in Title VII.