[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4706 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4706

To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 8, 2026

  Mr. Markey 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 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 nonpecuniary losses.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``section--'' and all 
        that follows through the period at the end, and inserting 
        ``section, any party may demand a jury trial.''.

SEC. 3. COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES AVAILABLE FOR AGE 
              DISCRIMINATION.

    Section 7(b) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 
(29 U.S.C. 626(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(b) The'' and all that follows through 
        the third sentence and inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) Except as otherwise provided in another subsection of this 
section, or section 9, the powers, remedies, and procedures set forth 
in sections 705, 706, 707, 709, and 710 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e-4, 2000e-5, 2000e-6, 2000e-8, and 2000e-9) shall be 
the powers, remedies, and procedures this Act provides to the 
Commission, to the Attorney General, or to any person alleging 
discrimination on the basis of age in violation of section 4 or 15, or 
regulations promulgated under section 9.'';
            (2) in the second sentence of that subsection (b), as 
        amended by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``In any'' and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(2) In any''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or enforcing the liability for 
                amounts deemed to be unpaid minimum wages or unpaid 
                overtime compensation under this section'' and 
                inserting ``and including any type of legal or 
                equitable relief available for an unlawful employment 
                practice under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
                1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.)''; and
            (3) in the third sentence of that subsection (b), as 
        amended by paragraph (1), by striking ``Before'' and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(3) Before''.
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