Fair Pay for All Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3468
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-25
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fair Pay for All Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits sex discrimination in the payment of the minimum wage to workers based on their gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, a sex stereotype, pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3468 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2019 Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Crist , Ms. Moore , Ms. Norton , Ms. Haaland , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Soto , and Ms. Craig ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Pay for All Act of 2019 . 2. Sex to include sexual orientation and gender identity Section 6(d)(4) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(d)(4) ) is amended— (1) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; (2) by striking subsection, the term and inserting the following: subsection— (A) the term ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) the term gender identity means the gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, regardless of the individual’s designated sex at birth; (C) the term sex includes— (i) a sex stereotype; (ii) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; (iii) sexual orientation or gender identity; and (iv) sex characteristics, including intersex traits; and (D) the term sexual orientation includes homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality. .