[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 96 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 96

To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize the remedies 
available to all victims of intentional employment discrimination, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mrs. Kennelly (for herself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
    Ms. Waters, Mr. Mineta, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
  Abercrombie, Mr. Berman, and Mr. Reynolds) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and, in 
 addition, to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 
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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize the remedies 
available to all victims of intentional employment discrimination, 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 ``Equal Remedies Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. EQUALIZATION OF REMEDIES.

    Section 1977A of the Revised Statutes, as added by section 102 of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1991, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3), and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (3), and
            (2) in subsection (c) by striking ``section--'' and all 
        that follows through the period, and inserting ``section, any 
        party may demand a jury trial.''.
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