,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #h1  
#bjbb,mrs4 ,murray 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,durbin1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4            
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,brown1 
,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mrs4     
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 
and ,mr4 ,whitehouse7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the civil rights      
remedies equalization provision of the  
,rehabilitation ,act ,amendments of     
#aihf to clarify civil rights remedies4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,clarifying ,civil ,rights      
,remedies ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,purposes 
7a7 ,purposes ,the purposes of this ,act
 are-- 7#a7 to remedy and deter         
violations of rights guaranteed under   
section #ejd of the ,rehabilitation ,act
 of #aigc1 section #aeeg of the ,patient
 ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act1

 title ,,ix of the ,education           
,amendments of #aigb1 the ,age          
,discrimination ,act of #aige1 and title
 ,,vi of the ,civil ,rights ,act of     
#aifd1 by safeguarding the availability 
of damages for emotional harm in actions
 alleging violations of these laws2 and 
7#b7 to invoke the sweep of             
congressional authority1 including the  
power to enforce the ,equal ,protection 
,clause of the #adth ,amendment to the  
,constitution of the ,united ,states and
 to set the terms on which ,congress    
disburses ,federal money under the      
,spending ,clause of section #h of      
article ,i of the ,constitution1 in     
order to remedy and deter discrimination
 on the basis of disability1 race1      
color1 national origin1 age1 and sex    
that people face every day4  #c4 ,civil 
rights remedies ,section #ajjc of the   
,rehabilitation ,act ,amendments of     
#aihf 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;d-#g7 is     
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subsection 7b7 as subsection 7c72  7#b7 

by inserting after subsection 7a7 the   
following3  7b7 ,compensatory damages   
,remedies at law available for a        
violation of a section or other         
provision referred to in subsection     
7a77#a71 in a suit against any entity1  
private or public1 including a ,state1  
shall include all types of compensatory 
damages1 including damages for emotional
 harm4  2 and  7#c7 by amending         
subsection 7c71 as amended by paragraph 
7#a71 to read as follows3  7c7          
,effective date ,the provisions of      
subsection 7a7 shall take effect with   
respect to violations that occur in     
whole or in part after ,october #ba1    
#aihf4 ,subsection 7b7 shall take effect
 with respect to violations for which a 
court has not rendered a final decision 
on the date of enactment of the         
,clarifying ,civil ,rights ,remedies    
,act of #bjbb4  4