[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8366]
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SA 4760. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. __. NATIONAL EQUAL PAY ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE.
(a) In General.--There is established the National Equal
Pay Enforcement Task Force, consisting of representatives
from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the
Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the
Office of Personnel Management.
(b) Mission.--In order to improve compliance, public
education, and enforcement of equal pay laws, the National
Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force shall ensure that the
agencies listed in subsection (a) are coordinating efforts
and limiting potential gaps in enforcement.
(c) Duties.--The National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force
shall investigate challenges related to pay inequity pursuant
to its mission in subsection (b), advance recommendations to
address those challenges, and create action plans to
implement the recommendations.
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