Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act establishes a National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force to strengthen enforcement of existing equal pay laws. The task force, made up of representatives from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, and Office of Personnel Management, will coordinate efforts to investigate pay disparities and develop solutions. It will create action plans to address enforcement gaps and improve public education about pay equity. This bill directly affects federal agencies and workers facing wage discrimination by enhancing how equal pay laws are enforced across government.
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Introduction
Aug 2024
Committee Review
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Introduced Aug 27, 2024
Last action Aug 27, 2024
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Aug 27, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Aug 27, 2024
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1 primary · 33 co-sponsors
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Nikema Williams
DDemocratic
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Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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David J. Trone
DDemocratic
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David Scott
DDemocratic
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Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
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Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Doris O. Matsui
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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Grace Meng
DDemocratic
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
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