Fair Pay for All Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6085
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2021-11-30
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fair Pay for All Act of 20</b><strong>21</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the statutory protection against wage discrimination based on sex to include discrimination based on an employee's gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, a sex stereotype, pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. It also revises the protection to incorporate nonbinary gender identities.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6085 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2021 Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Kildee , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Roybal-Allard , and Mr. Tonko ) 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 2021 . 2. Sex to include sexual orientation and gender identity (a) In general Section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (t) (1) Sex includes— (A) a sex stereotype; (B) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; (C) sexual orientation or gender identity; and (D) sex characteristics, including intersex traits. (2) Sexual orientation includes homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality. (3) 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. . (b) Sex-Based discrimination Section 6(d)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(d)(1) ) is amended by striking opposite and inserting another .