S 296
104th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Damages
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Discrimination in employment
Employment of the handicapped
Labor and Employment
Law
Punitive damages
Religion
Religious liberty
Sex discrimination
Women
Women's employment
Equal Remedies Act of 1995
Introduced: January 30, 1995
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 30, 1995
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jan 30, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1788)
Jan 30, 1995
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equal Remedies Act of 1995 - Amends Federal law relating to damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination to remove the limits on the dollar amount of damages awardable for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses and punitive damages.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1