Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar-producing and -consuming countries should be eliminated.
- Last Action
- 1/24/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-03Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 53.
- 2019-04-02Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 2019-03-28Received in the Senate.
- 2019-03-27Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2019-03-27On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 187 (Roll no. 134). (text: CR H2860-2863)
- 2019-03-27Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 187 (Roll no. 134).(text: CR H2860-2863)
- 2019-03-27On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 191 - 236 (Roll no. 133).
- 2019-03-27The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
- 2019-03-27DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Foxx motion to recommit with instructions. Pending the reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to limit any contingent attorney's fees to 49% of any judgement awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs. Subsequently, the point of order was withdrawn.
- 2019-03-27Ms. Foxx (NC) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Education and Labor. (text: CR H2872-2874)
- 2019-03-27The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- 2019-03-27The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- 2019-03-27The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 7.
- 2019-03-27UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on adoption of amendment number 7, which was debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
- 2019-03-27DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 252, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Brown (MD) amendment No. 9.
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CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-27 (53)
Paycheck Fairness Act
This bill addresses wage discrimination on the basis of sex. It amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall train EEOC employees and other affected parties on wage discrimination.
The bill directs the Department of Labor to (1) establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training programs to address pay disparities, including through outreach to women and girls; (2) conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women; (3) report on the gender pay gap in the teenage labor workforce; and (4) make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination.
The Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace is established for an employer who has made a substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women.
The bill requires the EEOC to issue regulations for collecting from employers compensation and other employment data according to the sex, race, and ethnic identity of employees for use in enforcing laws prohibiting pay discrimination.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall continue collecting data on women workers in the Current Employment Statistics survey.
The bill sets forth prohibitions and requirements regarding the wage history of prospective employees.
Cosponsors (20)
- NANCY PELOSI (D-CA)
- STENY HOYER (D-MD)
- JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC)
- Robert Scott (D-VA)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
- Bill Foster (D-IL)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- David Scott (D-GA)
- Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Contracts and agency
- Department of Education
- Department of Labor
- Employee hiring
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Labor standards
- Public contracts and procurement
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Small business
- Wages and earnings
- Women's employment
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