Equal Pay for Equal Work Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9424

  To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 27, 2024

     Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Blunt 
   Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brown, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. 
   Costa, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. 
 Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Matsui, 
Mrs. McBath, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
   Takano, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Trone, Mrs. Watson 
Coleman, and Ms. Chu) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Pay for Equal Work Act''.

SEC. 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.
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