I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8298 
To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes of 1977 to equalize the 
remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimina-
tion in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable 
relief available under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2024 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes of 1977 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Remedies Act 
of 2024’’. 
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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 pe-
cuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconven-
ience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and 
other non-pecuniary 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 AVAIL-
ABLE FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION. 
Section 7(b) of the Age Discrimination in Employ-
ment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 626(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and all that follows 
through the 3d sentence and inserting the following: 
‘‘Except as otherwise provided in another subsection of 
this section, or section 9 of this Act, 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 
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to any person alleging discrimination on the basis of age 
in violation of sections 4 and 15 of this Act, or regulations 
promulgated under section 9 of this Act.’’; and 
(2) in the 4th sentence by striking ‘‘or enforc-
ing 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 under title 
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e et seq.)’’. 
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