[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4597 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4597

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to protect employees who 
                    seek equal wages under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2000

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to protect employees who 
                    seek equal wages under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Pay Anti-Retaliation Act''.

SEC. 2. EMPLOYEE PROTECTION.

    Section 15(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
215(a)) is amended by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) 
and inserting a semicolon and by adding after paragraph (5) the 
following:
            ``(6) to discriminate against any individual because such 
        individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by 
        section 6(d) or because such individual made a charge, 
        testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an 
        investigation, proceeding, or hearing under section 6(d); or
            ``(7) to discharge or in any other manner discriminate 
        against, coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any 
        employee or any other person because the employee inquired 
        about, disclosed, compared, or otherwise discussed the 
        employee's wages or the wages of any other employee, or because 
        the employee exercised, enjoyed, aided, or encouraged any other 
        person to exercise or enjoy any right granted or protected by 
        section 6(d).''.
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