I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 669 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to make a grant to a public university 
to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2007 
Mr. DINGELL (for himself and Mrs. MALONEY of New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to make a grant to a 
public university to establish the Center for the Study 
of Women and Workplace Policy. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to a 2003 Government Account-
ability Office report, even after accounting for fac-
tors such as occupation, industry, race, marital sta-
tus, job tenure, and differing work patterns, all of 
which affect earnings, women are paid, on average, 
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80 cents compared to every dollar that men are 
paid. 
(2) According to the same report, the earnings 
gap between men and women has persisted without 
statistically significant changes for the past two dec-
ades. 
(3) According to a 2001 report by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics, the earnings gap among working 
men and women is widest among parents. 
(4) Some women choose to trade advancing in 
their careers or higher earnings for a job offering 
the flexibility to manage family responsibilities 
alongside work. 
(5) According to a 2001 Government Account-
ability Office study, in 1995 and 2000, female full- 
time managers earned less than their male counter-
parts. 
(6) According to the same study, in 7 of the 10 
industries studied, the earnings gap between female 
and male full-time managers actually widened be-
tween 1995 and 2000. 
(7) Women make up 46 percent of the work-
force but represent just 12 percent of all corporate 
officers. 
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(8) A reason for the continuing earnings dis-
parity might be discrimination as to which roles are 
considered acceptable for men and women and how 
women are viewed in the workplace. 
(9) According to the February 2004 Monthly 
Labor Review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 
Department of Labor projects that the United 
States work force is growing at a rate of 1 percent 
per year, in part due to the continually increased 
presence of women. 
SEC. 2. CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN AND WORK-
PLACE POLICY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Labor shall 
make a grant to an eligible university to establish the 
‘‘Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy’’ 
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Center’’). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA.— 
The Center established under subsection (a) shall 
compile and analyze available data and data sets on 
the difference between the earnings of men and 
women, including the Panel Study of Income Dy-
namics housed at the University of Michigan in Ann 
Arbor, and to identify factors which affect dif-
ferences in earnings. 
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