Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4161 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4161 To prohibit a court from awarding damages based on race, ethnicity, gender, or actual or perceived sexual orientation, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2025 Mr. Casten (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit a court from awarding damages based on race, ethnicity, gender, or actual or perceived sexual orientation, and for other purposes. 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 ``Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act-- (1) the term ``future earnings table'' includes any table or compilation of economic data used to determine, taking into account the median earnings in a geographic region-- (A) how many years an individual would have worked in the future; or (B) the average wage an individual would have earned in the future; and (2) the term ``protected class'' means a group of individuals sharing a common characteristic or identity who are legally protected against discrimination. SEC. 3. CALCULATIONS OF DAMAGES. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court of the United States may award damages to a plaintiff in a civil action using a calculation for the projected future earning potential of that plaintiff that takes into account the actual or perceived race, ethnicity, or sex (including gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and sex characteristics including intersex traits). (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed t