[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 318 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 318

   Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to demonstrate the 
             disparity between wages paid to men and women.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2000

    Mr. Abercrombie (for himself and Mrs. Morella, Ms. Carson, Ms. 
   Millender-McDonald, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
 Hinojosa, Mr. Crowley, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
   Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Payne, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. McNulty, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Evans, Mr. Sabo, Mr. 
 Ackerman, Mr. Stupak, and Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to demonstrate the 
             disparity between wages paid to men and women.

Whereas section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
        206(d)(1)) prohibits discrimination in compensation for equal work on 
        the basis of sex;
Whereas title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) 
        prohibits discrimination in compensation because of race, color, 
        religion, national origin, or sex;
Whereas nearly four decades after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (29 
        U.S.C. 206 note), the Bureau of the Census estimates that all full-time 
        working women still earn an overall average of 73 cents to every dollar 
        earned by men, while African American women earn 63 cents, and Hispanic 
        women earn 53 cents;
Whereas sexual discrimination in hiring and promotion has played a role in 
        maintaining a work force segregated by sex;
Whereas wage differentials that exist between equivalent jobs segregated by 
        sex--

    (1) depress wages and living standards for employees necessary for 
their health and efficiency;

    (2) reduce family incomes and contribute to the higher poverty rates 
among female-headed households;

    (3) prevent the maximum utilization of the available labor resources;

    (4) tend to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening, affecting, and 
obstructing commerce; and

    (5) constitute an unfair method of competition;

Whereas opening traditionally male jobs to women and reducing occupational 
        segregation by sex increases earnings for women;
Whereas when women are paid fairly, families are stronger, business prospers, 
        and American values and the economy are strengthened;
Whereas fair pay strengthens the security of families and enhances retirement;
Whereas May 11, 2000--Equal Pay Day--marks the day when women's earnings from 
        January 1999 to May 11, 2000, will finally equal what men earned in 
        calendar year 1999 alone; and
Whereas Equal Pay Day represents the approximately 36 percent of additional time 
        that women must work to compensate for the average 27 percent more wages 
        paid to men last year: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress recognizes the significance of Equal Pay Day to 
demonstrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
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