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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1589 

Commending the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor on 

its 90th anniversary. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2010 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. 

CAPPS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 

COHEN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. MOORE of 

Wisconsin, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Ms. WOOLSEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department 

of Labor on its 90th anniversary. 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau was established by Congress in 

1920 within the U.S. Department of Labor, two months 

before women gained the right to vote; 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau was charged to ‘‘formulate 

standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of 

wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, 

increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities 

for profitable employment’’; 


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Whereas the Women’s Bureau is the only Federal agency 

mandated to represent the needs of wage-earning women 

in the public policy process; 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau has tackled the challenges to 

women’s economic advancement for 90 years and has pioneered innovative research and programs to address them 

within an ever changing Nation; 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau has been a longtime champion 

of working women; 

Whereas in the 1930s, the agency led a ground-breaking investigation and report on the condition of Black women 

in the workplace and in 1938, helped ensure the inclusion 

of woman under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which set 

minimum wages and maximum working hours; 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau played an integral role in the 

historic passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which 

stated that women and men must receive equal pay for 

equal work and continues to support executive and legislative efforts to strengthen the Equal Pay Act, such as 

the passage into law of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act 

and the bill which would strengthen the Equal Pay Act, 

The Paycheck Fairness Act; 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau has supported the Pregnancy 

Discrimination Act, conducted research on issues facing 

part-time and temporary workers, shed light on domestic 

violence in the workplace, and was one of the architects 

of creating child care centers in the workplace; 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau has supported the Family and 

Medical Leave Act and workplace flexibility policies to 

help employees balance their work and family responsibilities; 


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Whereas since 1994, the Women’s Bureau and the Employment and Training Administration’s Office of Apprenticeship has awarded over $12,000,000 to over 90 grantees 

throughout the United States to promote the recruitment, training, employment, and retention of women in 

apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations, such as 

construction and manufacturing; 

Whereas in 1994, the Women’s Bureau launched Working 

Women Count, a survey of women across the United 

States in order to identify the issues women faced in the 

modern workplace; 

Whereas in only 4 months, over 250,000 women responded 

with the unique challenges they faced; 

Whereas the results of this survey were used to guide the 

Women’s Bureau’s agenda and focus their efforts on a 

variety of issues from pay equity to work-life balance; 

Whereas the Bureau through its national office and 10 regional offices across the United States, strives to empower all working women to achieve economic security by 

preparing them for high paying jobs, ensuring fair compensation, promoting work place flexibility, and helping 

homeless women veterans reintegrate into the workforce; 

and 

Whereas the Women’s Bureau has established the highest 

standards of professional competence and commitment in 

order to empower all working women to achieve economic 

security: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives com2 mends the Women’s Bureau on the occasion of its 90th 


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1 anniversary for its exemplary service on behalf of working 

2 women in the United States. 

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