The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the agency responsible for enforcing federal laws regarding discrimination or harassment against a job applicant or an employee in the United States. It is a bipartisan Commission comprised of five presidentially appointed members, including the Chair, Vice Chair, and three Commissioners. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is The EEOC was formed by Congress to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.