I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 11 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimina-
tion in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of 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 discriminatory compensation decision or other 
practice, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. HIRONO, 
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. STARK, Mr. ACKERMAN, 
Ms. CLARKE, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 
New York, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. EDWARDS 
of Maryland, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. NADLER of New York, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HODES, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. ROTHMAN of New 
Jersey, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WU, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. HARE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. 
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BACA, Mr. BECERRA, 
Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOS-
WELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DICKS, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mrs. 
GILLIBRAND, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. 
ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAFFEI, 
Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. MOORE 
of Kansas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. PAT-
RICK MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. LINDA 
T. SANCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. 
SARBANES, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
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SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 
SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 
WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KUCINICH, 
Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. PERRIELLO, Ms. PIN-
GREE of Maine, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Mississippi, Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, 
Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BERRY, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DINGELL, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington, Mr. WATT, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mr. RUSH, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. 
COOPER, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. HIGGINS, 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE
of Texas, Mr. THOMPSON
of California, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. DOYLE, and Mr. HOYER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 
and to modify the operation of the Americans with Dis-
abilities 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 discrimi-
natory 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 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Good-
year Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), sig-
nificantly impairs statutory protections against dis-
crimination in compensation that Congress estab-
lished and that have been bedrock principles of 
American law for decades. The Ledbetter decision 
undermines those statutory protections by unduly re-
stricting the time period in which victims of dis-
crimination can challenge and recover for discrimi-
natory 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 charge of discrimination 
under any law, nothing in this Act is intended to 
preclude or limit an aggrieved person’s right to in-
troduce evidence of an unlawful employment practice 
that has occurred outside the time for filing a 
charge of discrimination. 
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