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42U.S.C.1975a(c)(1).TheCommissionhasconductedsuchareviewseveraltimesinitshistory.Seethe
followingreportsbytheU.S.CommissiononCivilRights:TheFederalCivilRightsEnforcementEffort(1973);
FundingFederalCivilRightEnforcement:2000andBeyond(2001);FundingFederalCivilRightsEnforcement:2000
2003(2002);FundingFederalCivilRightsEnforcement:2005(2004);FundingFederalCivilRightsEnforcement:
ThePresidents2006Request(2005).
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USCCR,U.S.CommissiononCivilRightsExpressConcernwithImmigrantsAccesstoJustice(Apr.24,2017),
http://www.usccr.gov/press/2017/Statement_04242017ImmigrantAccessJustice.pdf.
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DepartmentofJustice,GeneralLegalActivities,CivilRightsDivision(CRT),FY2018BudgetRequestAtAGlance,
https://www.justice.gov/jmd/page/file/968381/download.
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DepartmentofEducation,OfficeforCivilRights,FiscalYear2018BudgetRequest,availableat
https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget18/justifications/zocr.pdf.
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EdwinRios,WatchBetsyDeVosDodgeQuestionsAboutHowShedDealwithPrivateSchoolsthatDiscriminate,
MotherJones(May24,2017),http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/betsydevosdiscriminationlgbt
congress/.
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FY2018DepartmentofLabor,BudgetinBrief,p.26,https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/FY2018BIB.pdf.
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Id.
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SeeFiscalYear2018,CongressionalBudgetJustification,U.S.EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission,
https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/plan/2018budget.cfm(showingaflatrequestfromFY2017).
communities.9 The proposed budget also calls for the elimination of the U.S.
Interagency Council on Homelessness.10 The reduction of these programs would
deal devastating blows to the Departments work to reduce segregation and
promote fair housing.
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WhiteHouseFY2018BudgetProposal,DepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment,p.558,
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/hud.pdf.
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WhiteHouseFY2018BudgetProposal,OtherIndependentAgencies,p.1231,
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/oia.pdf.
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HHSFY2018BudgetinBriefOCR,https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy2018/budgetinbrief/ocr/index.html.
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EPA,FiscalYear2018JustificationofAppropriationEstimatesforthecommitteeonAppropriations151(May
2017),https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/201705/documents/fy2018congressionaljustification.pdf.
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OfficeofManagementandBudget,2018MajorSavingsandReforms,BudgetoftheU.S.GovernmentFiscalYear
201898(2017),https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/msar.pdf.