IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 30 
Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages 
paid to men and women. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2019 
Ms. FRANKEL (for herself, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. 
OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. BEYER, Mr. NADLER, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. 
SCHRIER, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. RUSH, Ms. CASTOR 
of Florida, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. COHEN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. COX of Cali-
fornia, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 
FUDGE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. WELCH, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. 
CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. OMAR, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, 
Ms. DELBENE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SAN NICO-
LAS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. HECK, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. COOPER, 
Ms. HAALAND, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. TITUS, Ms. DEAN, Mr. MICHAEL F. 
DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Ms. BASS, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. 
CASE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity 
between wages paid to men and women. 
Whereas section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)(1)) prohibits discrimination in 
compensation for equal work on the basis of sex; 
Whereas title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e et seq.) prohibits discrimination in compensation 
because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex; 
Whereas over 5 decades after the passage of the Equal Pay 
Act of 1963 (29 U.S.C. 206 note), Census Bureau data 
show that women working full-time, year-round are paid 
80 cents for every dollar paid to men, while Asian-Amer-
ican women working full-time, year-round are paid 85 
cents, White, non-Hispanic women working full-time, 
year-round are paid 77 cents, African-American women 
working full-time, year-round are paid 61 cents, Native 
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women working full-time, 
year-round are paid 59 cents, American Indian and Alas-
ka Native women working full-time, year-round are paid 
58 cents, and Hispanic women working full-time, year- 
round are paid 53 cents compared to White, non-His-
panic men; 
Whereas April 2, 2019, is Equal Pay Day, marking the day 
that symbolizes how long into 2019 women must work to 
make what men were paid in 2018; 
Whereas March 5, 2019, is Asian American and Pacific Is-
lander Women’s Equal Pay Day; April 19, 2019, is 
White Women’s Equal Pay Day; August 22, 2019, is 
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day; September 23, 2019, is 
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Native Women’s Equal Pay Day; and November 20, 
2019, is Latinas’ Equal Pay Day; 
Whereas if current trends continue, on average women collec-
tively will have to wait 40 years for equal pay, African- 
American women will have to wait 100 years, and His-
panic women will have to wait 205 years; 
Whereas the disparity in median annual earnings for women 
and men working full-time year-round is $10,169, which 
can add up to more than $400,000 over a career, and an 
estimated more than $1,000,000 in lost income for mil-
lennial women; 
Whereas women’s median earnings are less than men’s at 
every level of academic achievement, with women with 
less than a high school diploma earning 77 percent of 
men’s earnings, and women with an advanced degree 
earning 74 percent of men’s earnings at the same level 
of education; 
Whereas women are often paid less than men with lower lev-
els of education, with women with associate’s degrees 
paid less than men with a high school diploma, and 
women with master’s degrees paid less than men with 
bachelor’s degrees; 
Whereas, in the United States, mothers are breadwinners in 
half of families with children under 18, and mothers 
working full-time are paid 71 percent as much as fathers; 
Whereas median pay for women with disabilities was 72 per-
cent that of men with disabilities; 
Whereas the gender wage gap collectively costs women em-
ployed full-time in the United States more than 
$900,000,000,000 in annual lost wages, so that families 
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