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Union Calendar No. 147 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2831 
[Report No. 110–237] 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination 
in Employment Act of 1967, 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 discrimina-
tory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2007 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. 
HIRONO, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. LOEBSACK, 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
FARR, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. NADLER, and Ms. CLARKE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
JULY 18, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
HOLT, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, Mr. HARE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SUT-
TON, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
ELLISON, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BOSWELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. 
GIFFORDS, 
Mr. 
GONZALEZ, 
Mr. 
HODES, 
Mr. 
RANGEL, 
Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. PATRICK MURPHY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LO-
RETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MILLER 
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of North Carolina, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mrs. DAVIS of California, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. 
WILSON of Ohio, Mr. WATT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. SPRATT, Ms. WATSON, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. BARROW, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. BAIRD, and Mr. 
ALTMIRE 
JULY 18, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 22, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the 
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the 
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Reha-
bilitation 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, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lilly Ledbetter Fair 
Pay Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear 
Tire & Rubber Co., No. 05–1074 (May 29, 2007), sig-
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nificantly impairs statutory protections against dis-
crimination in compensation that Congress estab-
lished and that have been bedrock principles of Amer-
ican law for decades. The Ledbetter decision under-
mines those statutory protections by unduly restrict-
ing the time period in which victims of discrimina-
tion can challenge and recover for discriminatory 
compensation decisions or other practices, contrary to 
the intent of Congress. 
(2) The limitation imposed by the Court on the 
filing of discriminatory compensation claims ignores 
the reality of wage discrimination and is at odds 
with the robust application of the civil rights laws 
that Congress intended. 
(3) With regard to any charges of discrimination 
under any law, nothing in this Act is intended to 
preclude or limit an aggrieved person’s right to intro-
duce evidence of unlawful employment practices that 
have occurred outside the time for filing a charge of 
discrimination. 
(4) This Act is not intended to change current 
law treatment of when pension distributions are con-
sidered paid. 
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SEC. 3. DISCRIMINATION IN COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF 
RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL 
ORIGIN. 
Section 706(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e–5(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of this section, an unlawful em-
ployment practice occurs, with respect to discrimination in 
compensation in violation of this title, when a discrimina-
tory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, 
when an individual becomes subject to a discriminatory 
compensation decision or other practice, or when an indi-
vidual is affected by application of a discriminatory com-
pensation decision or other practice, including each time 
wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting in 
whole or in part from such a decision or other practice. 
‘‘(B) In addition to any relief authorized by section 
1977a of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), liability 
may accrue and an aggrieved person may obtain relief as 
provided in subsection (g)(1), including recovery of back 
pay for up to two years preceding the filing of the charge, 
where the unlawful employment practices that have oc-
curred during the charge filing period are similar or related 
to unlawful employment practices with regard to discrimi-
nation in compensation that occurred outside the time for 
filing a charge.’’. 
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SEC. 4. DISCRIMINATION IN COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF 
AGE. 
Section 7(d) of the Age Discrimination in Employ-
ment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 626(d)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)(1)’’; 
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Upon’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) Upon’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, an unlawful practice 
occurs, with respect to discrimination in compensation in 
violation of this Act, when a discriminatory compensation 
decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes 
subject to a discriminatory compensation decision or other 
practice, or when a person is affected by application of a 
discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, in-
cluding each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is 
paid, resulting in whole or in part from such a decision 
or other practice.’’. 
SEC. 5. APPLICATION TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.— 
The amendment made by section 3 shall apply to claims 
of discrimination in compensation brought under title I 
and section 503 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
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1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq., 12203), pursuant to section 
107(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12117(a)), which adopts the 
powers, remedies, and procedures set forth in section 706 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5). 
(b) REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—The amendments 
made by section 3 shall apply to claims of discrimination 
in compensation brought under sections 501 and 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791, 794), pursuant 
to— 
(1) sections 501(g) and 504(d) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 791(g), 794(d)), respectively, which adopt the 
standards applied under title I of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 for determining whether a 
violation has occurred in a complaint alleging em-
ployment discrimination; and 
(2) paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 505(a) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 794a(a)) (as amended by sub-
section (c)). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REHABILITATION
ACT
OF
1973.—Section 
505(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
794a(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘(42 U.S.C. 2000e–5 (f) through (k))’’ the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(and 
the 
application 
of 
section 
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706(e)(3) (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(e)(3)) to claims of 
discrimination in compensation)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
‘‘1964’’ the following: ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) 
(and in subsections (e)(3) of section 706 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5), applied to claims of 
discrimination in compensation)’’. 
(2) CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.—Section 717 of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) Section 706(e)(3) shall apply to complaints of dis-
crimination in compensation under this section.’’. 
(3) AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1967.—Section 
15(f) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act 
of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a(f)) is amended by striking 
‘‘of section’’ and inserting ‘‘of sections 7(d)(3) and’’. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, take 
effect as if enacted on May 28, 2007 and apply to all claims 
of discrimination in compensation under title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 
et seq.), title I and section 503 of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990, and sections 501 and 504 of the Reha-
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bilitation Act of 1973, that are pending on or after that 
date. 
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Union Calendar No. 147 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2831 
[Report No. 110–237] 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 
1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 
1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clar-
ify that a discriminatory compensation decision 
or other practice that is unlawful under such 
Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pur-
suant to the discriminatory compensation deci-
sion or other practice, and for other purposes. 
JULY 18, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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