• ^26. Five sets of congressional hearings have been held on a bill introduced by Senators Hatfield and Packwood and Representative Dingell that would prohibit classification on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.
• Most of the testimony from the opponents and proponents has focused on gender classification.
  1. See, e.g., Fair Insurance Practices Act: Hearings on S. 372 Before the Senate Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 98th Cong., 1st Sess. (1983) [hereinafter cited as Senate Hearings on S. 372];
  2. Fair Insurance Practices Act: Hearings on S. 2204 Before the Senate Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 97th Cong., 2d Sess. (1982) [hereinafter cited as Senate Hearings on S. 2204];
  3. Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act: Hearings on S. 2477 Before the Subcomm. on Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights of the Senate Comm. on the Judiciary, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. (1980) [hereinafter cited as Senate Hearings on S. 2477];  Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act of 1983: Hearings on H.R. 100 Before the Subcomm. on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism of the House Comm. on Energy and Commerce, 98th Cong., 1st Sess. (1983) [hereinafter cited as House Hearings on H.R. 100, 98th Cong.];
  4. Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act of 1981: Hearings on H.R. 100 before the Subcomm. on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism of the House Comm. on Energy and Commerce, 97th Cong., 1st Sess. (1981) [hereinafter cited as House Hearings on H.R. 100, 97th Cong.]. See cases cited infra note 57.

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