,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ejg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,barber 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,barrow 
of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,brownley of          
,california1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4        
,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,clark of             
,massachusetts1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4    
,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,enyart1 ,mr4           
,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4        
,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4
 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1    
,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,mr4  
,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4       
,george ,miller of ,california1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,mr4 ,peters of ,california1   
,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4    
,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,schwartz1 ,ms4 
,sinema1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,van     
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 and ,ms4 ,wilson 
of ,florida7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,,resolution  ,expressing   

the sense of the ,house of              
,representatives in support of a women's
 economic bill of rights4  ,whereas     
equal opportunity and fairness are among
 the ,nation's most cherished tenets and
 are central to the ,nation's economic  
prosperity2 ,whereas women have entered 
the workforce in record numbers over the
 past #ej years and families            
increasingly rely on the wages of both  
men and women2 ,whereas1 despite the    
enactment of the ,equal ,pay ,act of    
#aifc1 many women continue to earn      
significantly lower pay than men for    
equal work2 ,whereas1 nationwide1 women 
on average earn only #gg cents for every
 dollar earned by men2 ,whereas1 on     
average1 ,african-,american women are   
paid only #fd cents and ,latina women   
are paid just #ee cents for every dollar
 paid to non-,hispanic ,white men2      
,whereas women represent nearly         
two-thirds of all minimum wage workers2 
,whereas the poverty rate for           
women--#ad4e percent--is the highest in 

#bj years2 ,whereas1 with #dj percent of
 working women serving as the primary   
breadwinners in their families1 pay     
inequality depresses the wages of       
working families2 ,whereas women should 
not have to choose between earning a    
paycheck1 having a family1 and caring   
for a loved one2 ,whereas1 in many      
families1 women are the primary         
caregivers for children and dependents1 
yet #ci percent of full-time workers in 
the private sector lack access to paid  
sick leave and over #gj percent of      
low-wage workers do not have a single   
paid sick day2 ,whereas1 because over   
#fj percent of women who gave birth in a
 given year also worked during that     
time1 discrimination and denial of      
reasonable workplace accommodations     
threaten the success of women in the    
workforce2 ,whereas the existence of pay
 disparities and workplace inequities   
threaten women's economic security      
throughout their lifetimes and undermine
 women's retirement security1 which is  

often based on earnings while in the    
workforce2 ,whereas neither women nor   
men have the paid leave they need to    
provide care to children1 spouses1      
elders or to care for themselves1 and   
ensuring men have access to paid leave  
promotes gender equity in both work and 
in caregiving2 ,whereas women own #bh   
percent of all ,american firms and      
families and communities rely upon      
women-owned firms for employment and    
wages2 and ,whereas1 despite the        
enactment of the ,women's ,federal      
,procurement ,program1 women-owned firms
 continue to secure less than four      
percent of ,federal contracts losing    
access to billions of dollars in        
opportunity annually3 ,now therefore1 be
 it  #a4 ,short ,title ,this ,resolution
 may be cited as the ,women's ,economic 
,bill of ,rights ,resolution of #bjad4  
#b4 ,sense of ,house of ,representatives
 ,it is the sense of the ,house of      
,representatives that the ,congress     
should support efforts that guarantee-- 

7#a7 pay equity1 ensuring equal pay for 
equal work2  7#b7 fair treatment in the 
workplace1 including reasonable         
accommodations for pregnant workers1    
enabling them to continue working to    
support their families2  7#c7 access to 
paid family and medical leave for women 
and men2  7#d7 economic and retirement  
security for women and men2 and  7#e7   
fair access1 for women and men1 to      
business capital1 ,federal contracts1   
and a marketplace that is conducive to  
small business growth4