110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2831 
AN ACT 
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. Good-
year Tire & Rubber Co., No. 05–1074 (May 29, 
2007), significantly impairs statutory protections 
against discrimination in compensation that Con-
gress established and that have been bedrock prin-
ciples of American law for decades. The Ledbetter 
decision undermines those statutory protections by 
unduly restricting the time period in which victims 
of discrimination can challenge and recover for dis-
criminatory compensation decisions or other prac-
tices, 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 discrimina-
tion under any law, nothing in this Act is intended
to preclude or limit an aggrieved person’s right to 
introduce 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. 
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 discrimi-
natory 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 re-
lated to unlawful employment practices with regard to dis-
crimination in compensation that occurred outside the 
time for filing a charge.’’. 
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 prac-
tice occurs, with respect to discrimination in compensation 
in violation of this Act, when a discriminatory compensa-
tion 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 applica-
tion of a discriminatory compensation 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.’’. 
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 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq., 12203), pursuant to sec-
tion 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 amend-
ments made by section 3 shall apply to claims of discrimi-
nation 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 wheth-
er a violation has occurred in a complaint alleging 
employment 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 
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 
discrimination in compensation under this section.’’. 
(3) AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1967.—Sec-
tion 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 Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and sections 501 and 
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, that are pending 
on or after that date. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2831 
AN ACT 
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.