[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4934 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4934

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


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                    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. Cardenas, Ms. Barragan, 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

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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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