US Congress Senate Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-3)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses wage discrimination on the basis of sex. It amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall train EEOC employees and other affected parties on wage discrimination. The bill directs the Department of Labor to: (1) establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training for girls and women, (2) conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and (3) make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination. The Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace is established for an employer who has made a substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. The bill requires the EEOC to issue regulations for collecting from employers compensation and other employment data according to the sex, race, and national origin of employees for use in enforcing laws prohibiting pay discrimination.

Paycheck Fairness Act

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB7 (Same As) 2019-04-03 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 53.
HR252 (Similar To) 2019-03-27 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/270/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s270/BILLS-116s270is.pdf