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National
Key Vote
Unequal Pay Bill
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that revises the enforcement of prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages.
Official Title of Legislation:
HR 1338: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Highlights:
- Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from discriminating against employees who have filed complaints about pay discrepancies and subjects employers who exercise pay discrimination to be liable for compensatory damages and in some cases punitive damages (Sec. 3).
- Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entities on matters involving wage discrimination (Sec. 4).
- Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to governmental agencies, nonprofit groups, and community based organizations for negotiation skills training programs for girls and women (Sec. 5).
- Establishes the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace to be awarded to an employer that has made substantial efforts to eliminate pay disparities between men and women (Sec. 7).
- Directs the Secretary of Labor to make accurate information on compensation discrimination readily available to the public (Sec. 9).
- Authorizes the appropriation of $15 million to carry out this act, none of which maybe used for congressional earmarks (Sec. 10).
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:hr1338:
House Passage: 07/31/2008 : Bill Passed 247 - 178 (Roll no. 556) Senate Referred to Committee: 08/01/2008 : Bill Sent To Committee Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa (D-CT)
Cosponsors: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil (D-HI)
Rep. Ackerman, Gary (D-NY)
Rep. Allen, Thomas (D-ME) (out of office)
Rep. Altmire, Jason (D-PA)
Rep. Andrews, Robert (D-NJ)
Rep. Arcuri, Michael (D-NY)
Rep. Baca, Joe (D-CA)
Rep. Baird, Brian (D-WA)
Rep. Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI)
Rep. Barrow, John (D-GA)
Rep. Becerra, Xavier (D-CA)
Rep. Berkley, Shelley (D-NV)
Rep. Berman, Howard (D-CA)
Rep. Berry, Robert (D-AR)
Rep. Bishop, Sanford Jr. (D-GA)
Rep. Bishop, Timothy (D-NY)
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR)
Rep. Bordallo, Madeleine (D-GU)
Rep. Boren, David (D-OK)
Rep. Boswell, Leonard (D-IA)
Rep. Boucher, Frederick (D-VA)
Rep. Boyd, Allen Jr. (D-FL)
Rep. Brady, Robert (D-PA)
Rep. Braley, Bruce (D-IA)
Rep. Brown, Corrine (D-FL)
Rep. Butterfield, George Jr. (D-NC)
Rep. Capps, Lois (D-CA)
Rep. Capuano, Michael (D-MA)
Rep. Cardoza, Dennis (D-CA)
Rep. Carnahan, John (D-MO)
Rep. Carney, Christopher (D-PA)
Rep. Carson, André (D-IN)
Rep. Carson, Julia (D-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Castor, Kathy (D-FL)
Rep. Chandler, Albert III (D-KY)
Rep. Christian-Christensen, Donna (D-VI)
Rep. Clarke, Yvette (D-NY)
Rep. Clay, William Jr. (D-MO)
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel II (D-MO)
Rep. Clyburn, James (D-SC)
Rep. Cohen, Stephen (D-TN)
Rep. Conyers, John Jr. (D-MI)
Rep. Cooper, Jim (D-TN)
Rep. Costello, Jerry (D-IL)
Rep. Courtney, Joseph (D-CT)
Rep. Cramer, Robert (D-AL) (out of office)
Rep. Crowley, Joseph (D-NY)
Rep. Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)
Rep. Cummings, Elijah (D-MD)
Rep. Davis, Artur (D-AL)
Rep. Davis, Danny (D-IL)
Rep. Davis, Lincoln (D-TN)
Rep. Davis, Susan (D-CA)
Rep. DeFazio, Peter (D-OR)
Rep. DeGette, Diana (D-CO)
Rep. Delahunt, William (D-MA)
Rep. Dicks, Norman (D-WA)
Rep. Dingell, John (D-MI)
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX)
Rep. Doyle, Michael Jr. (D-PA)
Rep. Edwards, Thomas (D-TX)
Rep. Ellison, Keith (D-MN)
Rep. Ellsworth, Brad (D-IN)
Rep. Emanuel, Rahm (D-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Engel, Eliot (D-NY)
Rep. Eshoo, Anna (D-CA)
Rep. Etheridge, Bob (D-NC)
Rep. Faleomavaega, Eni (D-AS)
Rep. Farr, Sam (D-CA)
Rep. Fattah, Chaka Sr. (D-PA)
Rep. Filner, Bob (D-CA)
Rep. Frank, Barney (D-MA)
Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle (D-AZ)
Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Gonzalez, Charles (D-TX)
Rep. Green, Al (D-TX)
Rep. Green, Raymond (D-TX)
| Rep. Grijalva, Raúl (D-AZ)
Rep. Gutierrez, Luis (D-IL)
Rep. Hall, John (D-NY)
Rep. Hare, Phil (D-IL)
Rep. Harman, Jane (D-CA)
Rep. Hastings, Alcee Sr. (D-FL)
Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (D-SD)
Rep. Higgins, Brian (D-NY)
Rep. Hinchey, Maurice (D-NY)
Rep. Hinojosa, Rubén Sr. (D-TX)
Rep. Hirono, Mazie (D-HI)
Rep. Hodes, Paul (D-NH)
Rep. Holden, Tim (D-PA)
Rep. Holt, Rush Jr. (D-NJ)
Rep. Honda, Michael (D-CA)
Rep. Hooley, Darlene (D-OR) (out of office)
Rep. Hoyer, Steny (D-MD)
Rep. Inslee, Jay (D-WA)
Rep. Israel, Steve (D-NY)
Rep. Jackson, Jesse Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila (D-TX)
Rep. Jefferson, William (D-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Johnson, Eddie (D-TX)
Rep. Johnson, Henry Jr. (D-GA)
Rep. Jones, Stephanie (D-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Kagen, Steven (D-WI)
Rep. Kanjorski, Paul (D-PA)
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH)
Rep. Kennedy, Patrick (D-RI)
Rep. Kildee, Dale (D-MI)
Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn (D-MI)
Rep. Kind, Ronald (D-WI)
Rep. Klein, Ron (D-FL)
Rep. Kucinich, Dennis (D-OH)
Rep. Langevin, James (D-RI)
Rep. Lantos, Tom (D-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Larsen, Rick (D-WA)
Rep. Larson, John (D-CT)
Rep. Lee, Barbara (D-CA)
Rep. Levin, Sander (D-MI)
Rep. Lewis, John (D-GA)
Rep. Lipinski, Daniel (D-IL)
Rep. Loebsack, Dave (D-IA)
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA)
Rep. Lowey, Nita (D-NY)
Rep. Lynch, Stephen (D-MA)
Rep. Mahoney, Tim (D-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn (D-NY)
Rep. Markey, Edward (D-MA)
Rep. Marshall, James (D-GA)
Rep. Matheson, Jim (D-UT)
Rep. Matsui, Doris (D-CA)
Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY)
Rep. McCollum, Betty (D-MN)
Rep. McDermott, James (D-WA)
Rep. McGovern, James (D-MA)
Rep. McIntyre, Douglas (D-NC)
Rep. McNerney, Gerald (D-CA)
Rep. McNulty, Michael (D-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Meehan, Martin (D-MA) (out of office)
Rep. Meek, Kendrick Sr. (D-FL)
Rep. Meeks, Gregory (D-NY)
Rep. Melancon, Charles Sr. (D-LA)
Rep. Michaud, Michael (D-ME)
Rep. Miller, George (D-CA)
Rep. Miller, Ralph (D-NC)
Rep. Mitchell, Harry (D-AZ)
Rep. Mollohan, Alan (D-WV)
Rep. Moore, Dennis (D-KS)
Rep. Moore, Gwendolynne (D-WI)
Rep. Moran, James Jr. (D-VA)
Rep. Murphy, Christopher (D-CT)
Rep. Murphy, Patrick (D-PA)
Rep. Murtha, John (D-PA)
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold (D-NY)
Rep. Napolitano, Grace (D-CA)
Rep. Neal, Richard (D-MA)
| Rep. Norton, Eleanor (D-DC)
Rep. Oberstar, James (D-MN)
Rep. Obey, David Ross (D-WI)
Rep. Olver, John (D-MA)
Rep. Ortiz, Solomon Sr. (D-TX)
Rep. Pallone, Frank Jr. (D-NJ)
Rep. Pascrell, William Jr. (D-NJ)
Rep. Pastor, Ed (D-AZ)
Rep. Payne, Donald (D-NJ)
Rep. Perlmutter, Ed (D-CO)
Rep. Peterson, Collin (D-MN)
Rep. Pomeroy, Earl (D-ND)
Rep. Price, David (D-NC)
Rep. Rahall, Nick II (D-WV)
Rep. Rangel, Charles (D-NY)
Rep. Reyes, Silvestre (D-TX)
Rep. Richardson, Laura (D-CA)
Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro (D-TX)
Rep. Ross, Michael (D-AR)
Rep. Rothman, Steven (D-NJ)
Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA)
Rep. Ruppersberger, C.A. Dutch (D-MD)
Rep. Rush, Bobby (D-IL)
Rep. Ryan, Timothy (D-OH)
Rep. Salazar, John (D-CO)
Rep. Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA)
Rep. Sarbanes, John (D-MD)
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice (D-IL)
Rep. Schiff, Adam (D-CA)
Rep. Schwartz, Allyson (D-PA)
Rep. Scott, David (D-GA)
Rep. Scott, Robert (D-VA)
Rep. Serrano, José (D-NY)
Rep. Sestak, Joseph Jr. (D-PA)
Rep. Shays, Christopher (R-CT) (out of office)
Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol (D-NH)
Rep. Sherman, Brad (D-CA)
Rep. Shuler, Joseph (D-NC)
Rep. Sires, Albio (D-NJ)
Rep. Skelton, Ike (D-MO)
Rep. Slaughter, Louise (D-NY)
Rep. Smith, Adam (D-WA)
Rep. Snyder, Victor (D-AR)
Rep. Solis, Hilda (D-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Space, Zachary (D-OH)
Rep. Speier, Karen Lorraine (D-CA)
Rep. Spratt, John Jr. (D-SC)
Rep. Stark, Fortney (D-CA)
Rep. Stupak, Bart (D-MI)
Rep. Sutton, Betty (D-OH)
Rep. Sánchez, Linda (D-CA)
Rep. Tauscher, Ellen (D-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Thompson, Bennie (D-MS)
Rep. Thompson, Michael (D-CA)
Rep. Tierney, John (D-MA)
Rep. Towns, Edolphus (D-NY)
Rep. Tsongas, Nicola (D-MA)
Rep. Udall, Mark (D-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Udall, Tom (D-NM) (out of office)
Rep. Van Hollen, Christopher Jr. (D-MD)
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia (D-NY)
Rep. Visclosky, Peter (D-IN)
Rep. Walz, Timothy (D-MN)
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (D-FL)
Rep. Waters, Maxine (D-CA)
Rep. Watson, Diane (D-CA)
Rep. Watt, Melvin (D-NC)
Rep. Waxman, Henry (D-CA)
Rep. Weiner, Anthony (D-NY)
Rep. Welch, Peter (D-VT)
Rep. Wexler, Robert (D-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Wilson, Charles Jr. (D-OH)
Rep. Woolsey, Lynn (D-CA)
Rep. Wu, David (D-OR)
Rep. Wynn, Albert (D-MD) (out of office)
Rep. Yarmuth, John (D-KY)
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