 Among several provisions in the law is Title VII, which covers equal employment opportunities.Its key provision, codified at , states that it is illegal to discriminate in any hiring or employment practices based on an "individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin".To enforce this requirement, Title VII established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency based on an office Kennedy had established, to help oversee any reported employment discrimination and file lawsuits against entities that the EEOC believes have discriminated in the employment context.