To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes of 1977 to equalize the remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable relief available under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9116 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9116 To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes of 1977 to equalize the remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable relief available under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2026 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes of 1977 to equalize the remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable relief available under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Remedies Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. EQUALIZATION OF REMEDIES. Section 1977A of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a) is amended-- (1) by amending (b)(3) to read as follows: ``(3) Losses.--Compensatory damages are available under this section for past and future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other non-pecuniary losses.''; and (2) in subsection (c) by striking ``section--'' and all that follows through the period at the end, and inserting ``section, any part