[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E198]
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              INTRODUCTION OF THE SALARY TRANSPARENCY ACT

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 10, 2025

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce the Salary Transparency 
Act, which would require employers to provide the salary range for jobs 
in advertisements and interviews and to existing employees.
  Several states have enacted laws relating to salary range disclosure, 
and the Federal Government should follow their lead and make salary 
range disclosure a national requirement. Salary transparency is an 
important tool to combat the gender and race pay gap. Salary secrecy 
facilitates both intentional and unintentional pay discrimination and 
perpetuates the pay gap.
  Studies have consistently shown that when women negotiate for their 
salaries, they negotiate for less than similarly situated men. 
Frequently, this is because the salary they request is a certain 
percentage higher than their current salary. Because women on average 
make less than men, this practice perpetuates the pay gap. The same is 
true for people of color, who earn less on average than their white 
counterparts. Requiring employers to disclose the salary range for a 
job will help address this harmful aspect of salary negotiations and 
lead to a reduction in the gender and race pay gap.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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