[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 157 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 157

  To direct the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prepare a 
report about how the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has been used by 
    public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay 
                   inequity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prepare a 
report about how the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has been used by 
    public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay 
                   inequity, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Equal Pay Improvement Report Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. REPORT BY EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

     Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, using information supplied 
by the Department of Labor, the Office of Management and Budget, and 
the General Accounting Office, shall submit a report to the Congress 
making findings and recommendations relating to how the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) has been used by public 
and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequities, 
especially such inequities based on an employee's gender, race, color, 
religion, or national origin, or such other factor as the Commission 
finds relevant.
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