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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 7 (Reported in House) · Preamble

Preamble. To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the...

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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. — Sponsor: Ms. DeLauro — Cosponsors: Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Foster, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Kaptur, Mr.
Pocan, Mr. Welch, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Cárdenas, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Clay, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Vela, Ms. Norton, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Speier, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms.
Matsui, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Correa, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. McCollum, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Luján, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Wild, Mr. McNerney, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Heck, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Green of Texas, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Cartwright, Mr.
Kilmer, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Soto, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Evans, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Adams, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Himes, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr.
Takano, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Costa, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Rush, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Engel, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Crist, Ms. Omar, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Keating, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Lamb, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Sires, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Moore, Mr. Bera, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Dean, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Case, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Allred, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Plaskett, Mrs. Craig, Mr. Rouda, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Golden, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Brindisi, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms.
Tlaib, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Porter, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Pressley, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Jeffries, Mr.
Payne, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Kim, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Waters, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Neal, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Crow, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Finkenauer, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Trone, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. McAdams, Ms. Escobar, Mrs. McBath, Mrs.
Fletcher, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Harder of California — Actions: January 30, 2019 — Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Foster, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Welch, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr.
Richmond, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Cárdenas, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Clay, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Vela, Ms. Norton, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Speier, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Correa, Mr. Moulton, Ms.
Roybal-Allard, Ms. McCollum, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Luján, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Wild, Mr. McNerney, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Heck, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Green of Texas, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms.
Bass, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Soto, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Evans, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Adams, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Himes, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Takano, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Lee of California, Mr.
Lewis, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Costa, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Rush, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Engel, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Crist, Ms. Omar, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Keating, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Lamb, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Sires, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Peters, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Moore, Mr. Bera, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs.
Bustos, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Dean, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Case, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Allred, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Plaskett, Mrs. Craig, Mr. Rouda, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Golden, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Brindisi, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Porter, Mr.
Neguse, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Pressley, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Payne, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Van Drew, Mr.
Kim, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Waters, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Neal, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Crow, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Finkenauer, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Trone, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. McAdams, Ms. Escobar, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, Ms. Stevens, Mr.
Phillips, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. San Nicolas, and Mr. Harder of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor; March 18, 2019 — Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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