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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 94

Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to demonstrate the disparity

between wages paid to men and women.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 3, 2001

Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr.

BLUMENAUER, Mr. BALDACCI, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CONYERS,

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HONDA, Ms. MCCARTHY

of Missouri, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Ms. NORTON, Mr.

RODRIGUEZ, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Ms.

SLAUGHTER, Ms. SOLIS, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. WYNN, Mr. PASTOR, Mr.

BACA, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. LANTOS, and Mr. GUTIERREZ) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Government Reform

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to demonstrate the disparity between wages paid to men and

women.

Whereas section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of

1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)(1)) prohibits discrimination in

compensation for equal work on the basis of sex;

Whereas title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.

2000e et seq.) prohibits discrimination in compensation

because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex;
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Whereas nearly four decades after the passage of the Equal

Pay Act of 1963 (29 U.S.C. 206 note), the Bureau of the

Census estimates that all full-time working women still

earn an overall average of 72 cents to every dollar earned

by men, while African American women earn 65 cents,

and Hispanic women earn 52 cents;

Whereas sexual discrimination in hiring and promotion has

played a role in maintaining a work force segregated by

sex;

Whereas wage differentials that exist between equivalent jobs

segregated by sex—

(1) depress wages and living standards for employees necessary for their health and efficiency;

(2) reduce family incomes and contribute to the

higher poverty rates among female-headed households;

(3) prevent the maximum utilization of the available

labor resources;

(4) tend to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening,

affecting, and obstructing commerce; and

(5) constitute an unfair method of competition;

Whereas opening traditionally male jobs to women and reducing occupational segregation by sex increases earnings for

women;

Whereas when women are paid fairly, families are stronger,

business prospers, and American values and the economy

are strengthened;

Whereas fair pay strengthens the security of families and enhances retirement;

Whereas May 21, 2001—Equal Pay Day—marks the day

when women’s earnings from January 2000 to May 21,
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2001, will finally equal what men earned in calendar year

2000 alone;

Whereas Tuesday symbolizes the day of the week when women’s wages from the previous week finally equal men’s

wages from the previous week;

Whereas numerous national organizations have designated

Tuesday, April 3, 2001, as Equal Pay Day; and

Whereas Equal Pay Day represents the additional time that

women must work to compensate for the average 28 percent more wages paid to men last year: Now, therefore,

be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That the Congress recognizes the significance

3 of Equal Pay Day to demonstrate the disparity between

4 wages paid to men and women.

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