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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 291 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Fe ́de ́ration Internationale de 

Football Association should immediately eliminate gender pay inequity 

and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2019 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BROWN, Ms. 

CANTWELL, Mr. CARPER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, 

Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. 

MURRAY, Mr. REED, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. 

VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Fe ́de ́ration Internationale de Football Association should immediately 

eliminate gender pay inequity and treat all athletes with 

the same respect and dignity. 

Whereas the Fe ́de ́ration Internationale de Football Association (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘FIFA’’) awarded 

$400,000,000 to the 32 teams that competed in the 2018 

Men’s World Cup, but only awarded $30,000,000 to the 

24 teams that competed in the 2019 Women’s World 

Cup; 


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•SRES 291 IS 

Whereas FIFA awarded $38,000,000 to the team that won 

the 2018 Men’s World Cup, but only awarded $4,000,000 

to the team that won the 2019 Women’s World Cup; 

Whereas FIFA awarded $4,000,000 more in prizes to each 

team that lost in the first round of the 2018 Men’s 

World Cup than to the team that won the 2019 Women’s 

World Cup; 

Whereas FIFA awarded $358,000,000 to the 32 teams that 

competed in the 2014 Men’s World Cup, but only awarded $15,000,000 to the 24 teams that competed in the 

2015 Women’s World Cup; 

Whereas FIFA awarded $35,000,000 to the team that won 

the 2014 Men’s World Cup, but only awarded $2,000,000 

to the team that won the 2015 Women’s World Cup; 

Whereas FIFA awarded $348,000,000 to the 32 teams that 

competed in the 2010 Men’s World Cup, but only awarded $10,000,000 to the 16 teams that competed in the 

2011 Women’s World Cup; 

Whereas FIFA awarded $30,000,000 to the team that won 

the 2010 Men’s World Cup, but only awarded $1,000,000 

to the team that won the 2011 Women’s World Cup; 

Whereas the 2019 Women’s World Cup tournament garnered 

an estimated 1,000,000,000 viewers worldwide; 

Whereas the 2019 Women’s World Cup highlighted the need 

to eliminate the existing gender pay disparity in prize 

award structure in athletic competitions that has persisted for decades; 

Whereas the unfair and unjust prize award allocation system 

used by FIFA sends a terrible message to women and 

girls around the world about the value of their contribution to sports; 


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•SRES 291 IS 

Whereas, in 2007, Wimbledon finally implemented an equal 

prize payment structure for all athletes, regardless of 

gender; and 

Whereas gender should not determine the amount of a prize 

award that a person or team receives in an athletic competition: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) urges the Fe ́de ́ration Internationale de 

3 Football Association to immediately eliminate gender 

4 pay inequity and to treat all athletes with the re5 spect and dignity those athletes deserve; 

6 (2) supports an end to the unfair and unjust 

7 practice of gender pay inequity in the workplace, in8 cluding athletic competitions and related prize 

9 awards; 

10 (3) urges all other local, State, Federal, and 

11 international organizations to eliminate gender pay 

12 inequity; and 

13 (4) instructs the Secretary of the Senate to 

14 submit a copy of this resolution to the President of 

15 the Fe ́de ́ration Internationale de Football Associa16 tion. 

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