There are six major federal laws concerning employment and discrimination. Over the past four decades, these acts have been passed to prohibit discriminatory practices concerning employment opportunities. The first act passed was the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which stated that women and men should receive equal compensation for comparable positions. The next year, the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. This act protected citizens from employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, nationality, sex, or religion. In 1967, Congress passed the Age Discrimination Act, which prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of employee age. Sections of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 granted individuals with disabilities protection from discrimination in the workplace. Finally, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 grants individuals the right to monetary compensation for damages caused by intentional discrimination of employment.