Equal Pay for Equal Work Act

Bill: 117-hr-4934
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2021-08-03
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Equal Pay for Equal Work Act</strong></p> <p>This bill establishes the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force to improve enforcement of equal pay laws.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4934 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 3, 2021 Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Rush , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Payne , Ms. Dean , Mr. Takano , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Carson , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Bass , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. Adams , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Evans , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Bowman , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Omar , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Newman , Ms. Strickland , and Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act . 2. National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force (a) In general There is established the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, consisting of representatives from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Office of Personnel Management. (b) Mission In order to improve compliance, public education, and enforcement of equal pay laws, the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force will ensure that the agencies in subsection (a) are coordinating efforts and limiting potential gaps in enforcement. (c) Duties The National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force shall investigate challenges related to pay inequity pursuant to its mission in subsection (b), advance recommendations to address those challenges, and create action plans to implement the recommendations.