IV
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) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to dem-
onstrate 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 employ-
ees 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 reduc-
ing 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 en-
hances 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 wom-
en’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 per-
cent more wages paid to men last year: Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress recognizes the significance
of Equal Pay Day to demonstrate the disparity between
wages paid to men and women.
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