S. 4706

[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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