IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 364 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Fe´de´ration 
Internationale de Football Association should immediately eliminate gen-
der pay inequity and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2015 
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. VARGAS, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. EDWARDS, 
Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
NADLER, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. DEUTCH, 
Ms. MENG, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. 
ELLISON, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. HONDA, Ms. MICHELLE 
LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FARR, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 
TED LIEU of California, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. BROWN of Florida, and Mr. 
ISRAEL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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 Associa-
tion (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘FIFA’’) awarded 
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$576,000,000 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 $6,000,000 more in prizes to each 
team that lost in the first round of the 2014 Men’s 
World Cup than to the team that won the 2015 Women’s 
World Cup; 
Whereas FIFA awarded $420,000,000 to the 32 teams that 
competed in the 2010 Men’s World Cup, but only award-
ed $10,000,000 to the 24 teams that competed in the 
2011 Women’s World Cup; 
Whereas FIFA awarded $31,000,000 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 2015 Women’s World Cup Final had more than 
25,000,000 viewers in the United States, making it more 
widely viewed than the Major League Baseball World Se-
ries or the National Basketball Association Finals; 
Whereas the 2015 Women’s World Cup highlighted the need 
to eliminate the existing gender pay disparity in prize 
award structure in athletic competitions that has per-
sisted 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 contribu-
tion to sports; 
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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 com-
petition: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) urges the Fe´de´ration Internationale de 
Football Association to immediately eliminate gender 
pay inequity and to treat all athletes with the re-
spect and dignity those athletes deserve; 
(2) supports an end to the unfair and unjust 
practice of gender pay inequity in the workplace, in-
cluding athletic competitions and related prize 
awards; 
(3) urges all other local, State, Federal, and 
international organizations to eliminate gender pay 
inequity; and 
(4) instructs the Secretary of the House of 
Representatives to submit a copy of this resolution 
to the President of the Fe´de´ration Internationale de 
Football Association. 
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