IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 11 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 12, 2009 

Received 

FEBRUARY 11, 2009 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions 

AN ACT 

To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 

the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 

and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision 

or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs 

each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, 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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 TITLE I—LILLY LEDBETTER 

4 FAIR PAY ACT OF 2009 

5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Lilly Ledbetter Fair 

7 Pay Act of 2009’’. 

8 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

9 Congress finds the following: 

10 (1) The Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Good11 year Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), sig12 nificantly impairs statutory protections against dis13 crimination in compensation that Congress estab14 lished and that have been bedrock principles of 

15 American law for decades. The Ledbetter decision 

16 undermines those statutory protections by unduly re17 stricting the time period in which victims of dis18 crimination can challenge and recover for discrimi19 natory compensation decisions or other practices, 

20 contrary to the intent of Congress. 

21 (2) The limitation imposed by the Court on the 

22 filing of discriminatory compensation claims ignores 

23 the reality of wage discrimination and is at odds 

24 with the robust application of the civil rights laws 

25 that Congress intended. 


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1 (3) With regard to any charge of discrimination 

2 under any law, nothing in this Act is intended to 

3 preclude or limit an aggrieved person’s right to in4 troduce evidence of an unlawful employment practice 

5 that has occurred outside the time for filing a 

6 charge of discrimination. 

7 (4) Nothing in this Act is intended to change 

8 current law treatment of when pension distributions 

9 are considered paid. 

10 SEC. 3. DISCRIMINATION IN COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF 

11 RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL 

12 ORIGIN. 

13 Section 706(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

14 U.S.C. 2000e–5(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of this section, an unlawful em17 ployment practice occurs, with respect to discrimination 

18 in compensation in violation of this title, when a discrimi19 natory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, 

20 when an individual becomes subject to a discriminatory 

21 compensation decision or other practice, or when an indi22 vidual is affected by application of a discriminatory com23 pensation decision or other practice, including each time 

24 wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting 

25 in whole or in part from such a decision or other practice. 


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1 ‘‘(B) In addition to any relief authorized by section 

2 1977A of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), liability 

3 may accrue and an aggrieved person may obtain relief as 

4 provided in subsection (g)(1), including recovery of back 

5 pay for up to two years preceding the filing of the charge, 

6 where the unlawful employment practices that have oc7 curred during the charge filing period are similar or re8 lated to unlawful employment practices with regard to dis9 crimination in compensation that occurred outside the 

10 time for filing a charge.’’. 

11 SEC. 4. DISCRIMINATION IN COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF 

12 AGE. 

13 Section 7(d) of the Age Discrimination in Employ14 ment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 626(d)) is amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence— 

16 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

17 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

18 and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘(d)(1)’’; 

21 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Upon’’ 

22 and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) Upon’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, an unlawful prac2 tice occurs, with respect to discrimination in compensation 

3 in violation of this Act, when a discriminatory compensa4 tion decision or other practice is adopted, when a person 

5 becomes subject to a discriminatory compensation decision 

6 or other practice, or when a person is affected by applica7 tion of a discriminatory compensation decision or other 

8 practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other 

9 compensation is paid, resulting in whole or in part from 

10 such a decision or other practice.’’. 

11 SEC. 5. APPLICATION TO OTHER LAWS. 

12 (a) AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.— 

13 The amendments made by section 3 shall apply to claims 

14 of discrimination in compensation brought under title I 

15 and section 503 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

16 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq., 12203), pursuant to sec17 tion 107(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12117(a)), which 

18 adopts the powers, remedies, and procedures set forth in 

19 section 706 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

20 2000e–5). 

21 (b) REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—The amend22 ments made by section 3 shall apply to claims of discrimi23 nation in compensation brought under sections 501 and 

24 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791, 

25 794), pursuant to— 


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1 (1) sections 501(g) and 504(d) of such Act (29 

2 U.S.C. 791(g), 794(d)), respectively, which adopt 

3 the standards applied under title I of the Americans 

4 with Disabilities Act of 1990 for determining wheth5 er a violation has occurred in a complaint alleging 

6 employment discrimination; and 

7 (2) paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 505(a) of 

8 such Act (29 U.S.C. 794a(a)) (as amended by sub9 section (c)). 

10 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—Section 

12 505(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

13 794a(a)) is amended— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

15 ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 2000e–5 (f) through (k))’’ the fol16 lowing: ‘‘(and the application of section 

17 706(e)(3) (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(e)(3)) to claims 

18 of discrimination in compensation)’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 

20 ‘‘1964’’ the following: ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 2000d et 

21 seq.) (and in subsection (e)(3) of section 706 of 

22 such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5), applied to 

23 claims of discrimination in compensation)’’. 


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1 (2) CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.—Section 717 of 

2 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(f) Section 706(e)(3) shall apply to complaints of 

5 discrimination in compensation under this section.’’. 

6 (3) AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT

7 OF 1967.—Section 15(f) of the Age Discrimination in 

8 Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a(f)) is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘of section’’ and inserting ‘‘of 

10 sections 7(d)(3) and’’. 

11 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 This title and the amendments made by this title, 

13 take effect as if enacted on May 28, 2007, and apply to 

14 all claims of discrimination in compensation under title 

15 VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et 

16 seq.), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 

17 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), title I and section 503 of the 

18 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and sections 501 

19 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, that are pend20 ing on or after that date. 

21 TITLE II—PAYCHECK FAIRNESS 

22 ACT 

23 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Paycheck Fairness 

25 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Women have entered the workforce in 

4 record numbers over the past 50 years. 

5 (2) Despite the enactment of the Equal Pay Act 

6 in 1963, many women continue to earn significantly 

7 lower pay than men for equal work. These pay dis8 parities exist in both the private and governmental 

9 sectors. In many instances, the pay disparities can 

10 only be due to continued intentional discrimination 

11 or the lingering effects of past discrimination. 

12 (3) The existence of such pay disparities— 

13 (A) depresses the wages of working fami14 lies who rely on the wages of all members of the 

15 family to make ends meet; 

16 (B) undermines women’s retirement secu17 rity, which is often based on earnings while in 

18 the workforce; 

19 (C) prevents the optimum utilization of 

20 available labor resources; 

21 (D) has been spread and perpetuated, 

22 through commerce and the channels and instru23 mentalities of commerce, among the workers of 

24 the several States; 

25 (E) burdens commerce and the free flow of 

26 goods in commerce; 


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1 (F) constitutes an unfair method of com2 petition in commerce; 

3 (G) leads to labor disputes burdening and 

4 obstructing commerce and the free flow of 

5 goods in commerce; 

6 (H) interferes with the orderly and fair 

7 marketing of goods in commerce; and 

8 (I) in many instances, may deprive workers 

9 of equal protection on the basis of sex in viola10 tion of the 5th and 14th amendments. 

11 (4)(A) Artificial barriers to the elimination of 

12 discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis 

13 of sex continue to exist decades after the enactment 

14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

15 201 et seq.) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

16 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.). 

17 (B) These barriers have resulted, in significant 

18 part, because the Equal Pay Act has not worked as 

19 Congress originally intended. Improvements and 

20 modifications to the law are necessary to ensure that 

21 the Act provides effective protection to those subject 

22 to pay discrimination on the basis of their sex. 

23 (C) Elimination of such barriers would have 

24 positive effects, including— 


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1 (i) providing a solution to problems in the 

2 economy created by unfair pay disparities; 

3 (ii) substantially reducing the number of 

4 working women earning unfairly low wages, 

5 thereby reducing the dependence on public as6 sistance; 

7 (iii) promoting stable families by enabling 

8 all family members to earn a fair rate of pay; 

9 (iv) remedying the effects of past discrimi10 nation on the basis of sex and ensuring that in 

11 the future workers are afforded equal protection 

12 on the basis of sex; and 

13 (v) ensuring equal protection pursuant to 

14 Congress’ power to enforce the 5th and 14th 

15 amendments. 

16 (5) The Department of Labor and the Equal 

17 Employment Opportunity Commission have impor18 tant and unique responsibilities to help ensure that 

19 women receive equal pay for equal work. 

20 (6) The Department of Labor is responsible 

21 for— 

22 (A) collecting and making publicly avail23 able information about women’s pay; 

24 (B) ensuring that companies receiving 

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1 tion affirmative action requirements of Execu2 tive Order No. 11246 (relating to equal employ3 ment opportunity); 

4 (C) disseminating information about wom5 en’s rights in the workplace; 

6 (D) helping women who have been victims 

7 of pay discrimination obtain a remedy; and 

8 (E) being proactive in investigating and 

9 prosecuting equal pay violations, especially sys10 temic violations, and in enforcing all of its man11 dates. 

12 (7) The Equal Employment Opportunity Com13 mission is the primary enforcement agency for 

14 claims made under the Equal Pay Act, and issues 

15 regulations and guidance on appropriate interpreta16 tions of the law. 

17 (8) With a stronger commitment by the Depart18 ment of Labor and the Equal Employment Oppor19 tunity Commission to their responsibilities, increased 

20 information as a result of the amendments made by 

21 this Act to the Equal Pay Act of 1963, wage data, 

22 and more effective remedies, women will be better 

23 able to recognize and enforce their rights. 

24 (9) Certain employers have already made great 

25 strides in eradicating unfair pay disparities in the 


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1 workplace and their achievements should be recog2 nized. 

3 SEC. 203. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF EQUAL PAY RE4 QUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) BONA-FIDE FACTOR DEFENSE AND MODIFICA6 TION OF SAME ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENT.—Section 

7 6(d)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

8 U.S.C. 206(d)(1)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘No employer having’’ and in10 serting ‘‘(A) No employer having’’; 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘any other factor other than 

12 sex’’ and inserting ‘‘a bona fide factor other than 

13 sex, such as education, training, or experience’’; and 

14 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) The bona fide factor defense described in sub16 paragraph (A)(iv) shall apply only if the employer dem17 onstrates that such factor: (i) is not based upon or derived 

18 from a sex-based differential in compensation; (ii) is job19 related with respect to the position in question; and (iii) 

20 is consistent with business necessity. Such defense shall 

21 not apply where the employee demonstrates that an alter22 native employment practice exists that would serve the 

23 same business purpose without producing such differential 

24 and that the employer has refused to adopt such alter25 native practice. 


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1 ‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), employees 

2 shall be deemed to work in the same establishment if the 

3 employees work for the same employer at workplaces lo4 cated in the same county or similar political subdivision 

5 of a State. The preceding sentence shall not be construed 

6 as limiting broader applications of the term ‘establish7 ment’ consistent with rules prescribed or guidance issued 

8 by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.’’. 

9 (b) NONRETALIATION PROVISION.—Section 15 of the 

10 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 215(a)(3)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘employee 

13 has filed’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘em14 ployee— 

15 ‘‘(A) has made a charge or filed any com16 plaint or instituted or caused to be instituted 

17 any investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action 

18 under or related to this Act, including an inves19 tigation conducted by the employer, or has tes20 tified or is planning to testify or has assisted or 

21 participated in any manner in any such inves22 tigation, proceeding, hearing or action, or has 

23 served or is planning to serve on an industry 

24 Committee; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) has inquired about, discussed or dis2 closed the wages of the employee or another 

3 employee.’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) Subsection (a)(3)(B) shall not apply to instances 

6 in which an employee who has access to the wage informa7 tion of other employees as a part of such employee’s essen8 tial job functions discloses the wages of such other employ9 ees to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such 

10 information, unless such disclosure is in response to a 

11 complaint or charge or in furtherance of an investigation, 

12 proceeding, hearing, or action under section 6(d), includ13 ing an investigation conducted by the employer. Nothing 

14 in this subsection shall be construed to limit the rights 

15 of an employee provided under any other provision of 

16 law.’’. 

17 (c) ENHANCED PENALTIES.—Section 16(b) of the 

18 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(b)) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) by inserting after the first sentence the fol21 lowing: ‘‘Any employer who violates section 6(d) 

22 shall additionally be liable for such compensatory 

23 damages, or, where the employee demonstrates that 

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1 cept that the United States shall not be liable for 

2 punitive damages.’’; 

3 (2) in the sentence beginning ‘‘An action to’’, 

4 by striking ‘‘either of the preceding sentences’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘any of the preceding sentences of this 

6 subsection’’; 

7 (3) in the sentence beginning ‘‘No employees 

8 shall’’, by striking ‘‘No employees’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘Except with respect to class actions brought to en10 force section 6(d), no employee’’; 

11 (4) by inserting after the sentence referred to 

12 in paragraph (3), the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of Federal law, any action 

14 brought to enforce section 6(d) may be maintained 

15 as a class action as provided by the Federal Rules 

16 of Civil Procedure.’’; and 

17 (5) in the sentence beginning ‘‘The court in’’— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘in such action’’ and in19 serting ‘‘in any action brought to recover the li20 ability prescribed in any of the preceding sen21 tences of this subsection’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting before the period the fol23 lowing: ‘‘, including expert fees’’. 


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1 (d) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—Section 16(c) of the 

2 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(c)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in the first sentence— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘or, in the case of a viola6 tion of section 6(d), additional compensatory or 

7 punitive damages, as described in subsection 

8 (b),’’ before ‘‘and the agreement’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting before the period the fol10 lowing: ‘‘, or such compensatory or punitive 

11 damages, as appropriate’’; 

12 (2) in the second sentence, by inserting before 

13 the period the following: ‘‘and, in the case of a viola14 tion of section 6(d), additional compensatory or pu15 nitive damages, as described in subsection (b)’’; 

16 (3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘the first 

17 sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘the first or second sen18 tence’’; and 

19 (4) in the last sentence— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘commenced in the case’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘commenced— 

22 ‘‘(1) in the case’’; 

23 (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

24 or’’; and 

25 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) in the case of a class action brought to en2 force section 6(d), on the date on which the indi3 vidual becomes a party plaintiff to the class action.’’. 

4 SEC. 204. TRAINING. 

5 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

6 and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, 

7 subject to the availability of funds appropriated under sec8 tion 210, shall provide training to Commission employees 

9 and affected individuals and entities on matters involving 

10 discrimination in the payment of wages. 

11 SEC. 205. NEGOTIATION SKILLS TRAINING FOR GIRLS AND 

12 WOMEN. 

13 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, 

15 after consultation with the Secretary of Education, 

16 is authorized to establish and carry out a grant pro17 gram. 

18 (2) GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, the 

19 Secretary of Labor may make grants on a competi20 tive basis to eligible entities, to carry out negotiation 

21 skills training programs for girls and women. 

22 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re23 ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall 

24 be a public agency, such as a State, a local govern25 ment in a metropolitan statistical area (as defined 


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1 by the Office of Management and Budget), a State 

2 educational agency, or a local educational agency, a 

3 private nonprofit organization, or a community4 based organization. 

5 (4) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

6 grant under this subsection, an entity shall submit 

7 an application to the Secretary of Labor at such 

8 time, in such manner, and containing such informa9 tion as the Secretary of Labor may require. 

10 (5) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a 

11 grant under this subsection shall use the funds made 

12 available through the grant to carry out an effective 

13 negotiation skills training program that empowers 

14 girls and women. The training provided through the 

15 program shall help girls and women strengthen their 

16 negotiation skills to allow the girls and women to ob17 tain higher salaries and rates of compensation that 

18 are equal to those paid to similarly-situated male 

19 employees. 

20 (b) INCORPORATING TRAINING INTO EXISTING PRO21 GRAMS.—The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 

22 Education shall issue regulations or policy guidance that 

23 provides for integrating the negotiation skills training, to 

24 the extent practicable, into programs authorized under— 


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1 (1) in the case of the Secretary of Education, 

2 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins 

4 Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 

5 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), the Higher Education Act of 

6 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and other programs 

7 carried out by the Department of Education that the 

8 Secretary of Education determines to be appro9 priate; and 

10 (2) in the case of the Secretary of Labor, the 

11 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 

12 et seq.), and other programs carried out by the De13 partment of Labor that the Secretary of Labor de14 termines to be appropriate. 

15 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec17 retary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall pre18 pare and submit to Congress a report describing the ac19 tivities conducted under this section and evaluating the ef20 fectiveness of such activities in achieving the purposes of 

21 this Act. 

22 SEC. 206. RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. 

23 The Secretary of Labor shall conduct studies and 

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1 the general public concerning the means available to elimi2 nate pay disparities between men and women, including— 

3 (1) conducting and promoting research to de4 velop the means to correct expeditiously the condi5 tions leading to the pay disparities; 

6 (2) publishing and otherwise making available 

7 to employers, labor organizations, professional asso8 ciations, educational institutions, the media, and the 

9 general public the findings resulting from studies 

10 and other materials, relating to eliminating the pay 

11 disparities; 

12 (3) sponsoring and assisting State and commu13 nity informational and educational programs; 

14 (4) providing information to employers, labor 

15 organizations, professional associations, and other 

16 interested persons on the means of eliminating the 

17 pay disparities; 

18 (5) recognizing and promoting the achievements 

19 of employers, labor organizations, and professional 

20 associations that have worked to eliminate the pay 

21 disparities; and 

22 (6) convening a national summit to discuss, and 

23 consider approaches for rectifying, the pay dispari24 ties. 


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1 SEC. 207. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL AWARD FOR 

2 PAY EQUITY IN THE WORKPLACE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Secretary 

4 of Labor’s National Award for Pay Equity in the Work5 place, which shall be awarded, as appropriate, to encour6 age proactive efforts to comply with section 6(d) of the 

7 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)). 

8 (b) CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION.—The Secretary 

9 of Labor shall set criteria for receipt of the award, includ10 ing a requirement that an employer has made substantial 

11 effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and 

12 women, and deserves special recognition as a consequence 

13 of such effort. The Secretary shall establish procedures for 

14 the application and presentation of the award. 

15 (c) BUSINESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘employer’’ 

16 includes— 

17 (1)(A) a corporation, including a nonprofit cor18 poration; 

19 (B) a partnership; 

20 (C) a professional association; 

21 (D) a labor organization; and 

22 (E) a business entity similar to an entity de23 scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D); 

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1 ship or management training program, or a similar 

2 program; and 

3 (3) an entity carrying out a joint program, 

4 formed by a combination of any entities described in 

5 paragraph (1) or (2). 

6 SEC. 208. COLLECTION OF PAY INFORMATION BY THE 

7 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COM8 MISSION. 

9 Section 709 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

10 U.S.C. 2000e–8) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(f)(1) Not later than 18 months after the date of 

13 enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) complete a survey of the data that is cur15 rently available to the Federal Government relating 

16 to employee pay information for use in the enforce17 ment of Federal laws prohibiting pay discrimination 

18 and, in consultation with other relevant Federal 

19 agencies, identify additional data collections that will 

20 enhance the enforcement of such laws; and 

21 ‘‘(B) based on the results of the survey and 

22 consultations under subparagraph (A), issue regula23 tions to provide for the collection of pay information 

24 data from employers as described by the sex, race, 

25 and national origin of employees. 


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1 ‘‘(2) In implementing paragraph (1), the Commission 

2 shall have as its primary consideration the most effective 

3 and efficient means for enhancing the enforcement of Fed4 eral laws prohibiting pay discrimination. For this purpose, 

5 the Commission shall consider factors including the impo6 sition of burdens on employers, the frequency of required 

7 reports (including which employers should be required to 

8 prepare reports), appropriate protections for maintaining 

9 data confidentiality, and the most effective format for the 

10 data collection reports.’’. 

11 SEC. 209. REINSTATEMENT OF PAY EQUITY PROGRAMS AND 

12 PAY EQUITY DATA COLLECTION. 

13 (a) BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DATA COLLEC14 TION.—The Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall con15 tinue to collect data on women workers in the Current 

16 Employment Statistics survey. 

17 (b) OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

18 PROGRAMS INITIATIVES.—The Director of the Office of 

19 Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall ensure that 

20 employees of the Office— 

21 (1)(A) shall use the full range of investigatory 

22 tools at the Office’s disposal, including pay grade 

23 methodology; 

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1 (i) shall not limit its consideration to a 

2 small number of types of evidence; and 

3 (ii) shall not limit its evaluation of the evi4 dence to a small number of methods of evalu5 ating the evidence; and 

6 (C) shall not require a multiple regression anal7 ysis or anecdotal evidence for a compensation dis8 crimination case; 

9 (2) for purposes of its investigative, compliance, 

10 and enforcement activities, shall define ‘‘similarly 

11 situated employees’’ in a way that is consistent with 

12 and not more stringent than the definition provided 

13 in item 1 of subsection A of section 10–III of the 

14 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Com15 pliance Manual (2000), and shall consider only fac16 tors that the Office’s investigation reveals were used 

17 in making compensation decisions; and 

18 (3) shall reinstate the Equal Opportunity Sur19 vey, as required by section 60–2.18 of title 41, Code 

20 of Federal Regulations (as in effect on September 7, 

21 2006), designating not less than half of all non22 construction contractor establishments each year to 

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1 tractor establishments for further evaluation and for 

2 other enforcement purposes as appropriate. 

3 (c) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DISTRIBUTION OF

4 WAGE DISCRIMINATION INFORMATION.—The Secretary of 

5 Labor shall make readily available (in print, on the De6 partment of Labor website, and through any other forum 

7 that the Department may use to distribute compensation 

8 discrimination information), accurate information on com9 pensation discrimination, including statistics, explanations 

10 of employee rights, historical analyses of such discrimina11 tion, instructions for employers on compliance, and any 

12 other information that will assist the public in under13 standing and addressing such discrimination. 

14 SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 to carry 

17 out this title. 

18 (b) PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.—None of the funds 

19 appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for purposes of 

20 the grant program in section 205 of this Act may be used 

21 for a Congressional earmark as defined in clause 9(d) of 

22 rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 


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1 SEC. 211. SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. 

2 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This title and the amend3 ments made by this title shall take effect on the date that 

4 is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MATERIALS.—The Sec6 retary of Labor and the Commissioner of the Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission shall jointly develop 

8 technical assistance material to assist small businesses in 

9 complying with the requirements of this title and the 

10 amendments made by this title. 

11 (c) SMALL BUSINESSES.—A small business shall be 

12 exempt from the provisions of this title to the same extent 

13 that such business is exempt from the requirements of the 

14 Fair Labor Standards Act pursuant to section 

15 3(s)(1)(A)(i) and (ii) of such Act. 

16 SEC. 212. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

17 Nothing in this title, or in any amendments made by 

18 this title, shall affect the obligation of employers and em19 ployees to fully comply with all applicable immigration 

20 laws, including any penalties, fines, or other sanctions. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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