H.R. 9116 — Equal Remedies Act of 2026

This section makes compensatory damages available under 42 U.S.C. 1981a for past and future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other non-pecuniary losses, and permits any party to demand a jury trial.

This section expands remedies for age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 by authorizing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Attorney General, and aggrieved persons to seek 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.), including compensatory and punitive damages. It also applies the powers, remedies, and procedures in sections 705, 706, 707, 709, and 710 of that Act to such claims.