[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2591 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2591

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2021

  Mr. Ossoff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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 Enforcement 
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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