[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1928 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1928

To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize the remedies 
                     available under that section.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2007

  Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
   Obama, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Feingold, and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize the remedies 
                     available under that section.

    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 2007''.

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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