[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 516 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 516

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 1997

 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Inouye, 
Mr. Robb, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Moynihan, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Wellstone, Ms. 
 Moseley-Braun, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Feingold, and Ms. Mikulski) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                      on Labor and Human Resources

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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 1997''.

SEC. 2. EQUALIZATION OF REMEDIES.

    Section 1977A of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a) 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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