United States · Bill · S
S. 516 (105th)
Equal Remedies Act of 1997
Introduced
7 April 1997
Last action
7 April 1997 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Sponsors
Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
21 August 2025
Summary
Equal Remedies Act of 1997 - 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.
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Timeline
7 April 1997
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
7 April 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2791)
Source: IntroReferral
7 April 1997
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 7 April 1997 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/516
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/516
- us · 105-s-516 · source updated 21 August 2025