; (2) to prohibit employers and employment agencies from publishing or posting any advertisement or announcement for an employment opportunity that indicates that an individual’s status as unemployed disqualifies that individual for the opportunity; and (3) to eliminate the burdens imposed on commerce due to the exclusion of such individuals from employment. 1273. Definitions As used in this subtitle— (1) the term affected individual means any person who was subject to an unlawful employment practice solely because of that individual’s status as unemployed; (2) the term Commission means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (3) the term employee means— (A) an employee as defined in section 701(f) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e(f) ); (B) a State employee to which section 302(a)(1) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16b(a)(1)) applies; (C) a covered employee, as defined in section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1301 ) or section 411(c) of title 3, United States Code; or (D) an employee or applicant to which section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16(a) ) applies; (4) the term employer means— (A) a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce (as defined in section 701(h) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e(h) )) who has 15 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person, but does not include a bona fide private membership club that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (B) an employing authority to which section 302(a)(1) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 applies; (C) an employing office, as defined in section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 or section 411(c) of title 3, United States Code; or (D) an entity to which section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16(a) ) applies