,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ei  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,august 
#bc1 #bjai,ms4 ,adams 7for herself1     
,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,ms4 ,frankel1 ,ms4    
,speier1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,ms4 ,haaland1  
,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4        
,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4        
,vargas1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of 
,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mrs4        
,beatty1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4    
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4       
,pressley1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,kelly
 of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4         
,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1   
,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1 ,ms4      
,norton1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,ms4
 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,johnson of 
,texas1 and ,ms4 ,moore7 submitted the  
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,education and ,labor  ,,concurrent     
,,resolution  ,recognizing the          
significance of equal pay and the       

disparity in wages paid to ,black women 
in comparison to men4  ,whereas1 ,august
 #bb1 #bjai1 is ,black ,women's ,equal  
,pay ,day1 which marks the day that     
symbolizes how long into #bjai ,black   
women must work to make what men were   
paid in #bjah2 ,whereas section #f7;d7  
of the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of  
#aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf7;d77#a77      
prohibits discrimination in wages on the
 basis of sex for equal work2 ,whereas  
title ,,vii of the ,civil ,rights ,act  
of #aifd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e et seq47
 prohibits discrimination in            
compensation because of race1 color1    
religion1 national origin1 or sex2      
,whereas despite the passage of the     
,equal ,pay ,act of #aifc 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #bjf note7 more than #e decades ago1   
which establishes that employers shall  
not discriminate in wages on the basis  
of sex1 but shall provide equal pay for 
equal work1 ,census ,bureau data shows  
that ,black women working full-time1    
year-round are typically paid #fa cents 

for every dollar paid to ,white1        
non-,hispanic men2 ,whereas if the      
current trends continue1 on average     
,black women will have to wait #ajj     
years to achieve equal pay2 ,whereas the
 median annual pay for a ,black woman in
 the ,united ,states working full-time1 
year-round is #cf1gce1 which means that 
typically ,black women lose nearly      
#idg1jjj in potential earnings over     
their lifetime to the wage gap2 ,whereas
 lost wages mean ,black women have less 
money to support themselves and their   
families1 save and invest for the       
future1 and spend on goods and services1
 causing businesses and the economy to  
suffer as a result2 ,whereas ,black     
women's median earnings are less than   
men's at every level of academic        
achievement1 with ,black women with less
 than a high school diploma earning #bd 
percent less than ,white men1 and ,black
 women with an advanced degree earning  
#cf percent less than ,white men with   
the same level of education2 ,whereas1  

in the ,united ,states1 more than #hj   
percent of ,black mothers are key       
breadwinners for their families1 but    
mothers working full-time are typically 
paid only #ed percent as much as ,white 
fathers2 ,whereas the lack of access to 
affordable1 quality child care1 paid    
family and medical leave1 paid sick     
leave1 and other family friendly        
workplace policies forces many ,black   
women to choose between their paycheck  
or job and getting quality care for     
themselves or their family members1 and 
contributes to the wage gap2 ,whereas1  
if the wage gap were eliminated1 on     
average1 a ,black woman working         
full-time1 year-round would have enough 
money for approximately #b and a half   
years of child care2 more than #b4f     
additional years of tuition and fees for
 a #d-year public university1 or the    
full cost of tuition and fees for a     
#b-year community college2 nearly #ag   
additional months of premiums for       
employer-based health insurance2 #afe   

more weeks of food for her family 7more 
than #c years worth72 more than #ae     
additional months of mortgage and       
utilities payments2 #bc more months of  
rent2 nearly #bj additional years of    
birth control2 or enough money to pay   
off student loan debt in just over #a   
year2 ,whereas #be to #he percent of    
women have been sexually harassed at the
 workplace1 and research has found that 
only a small number of those who        
experience harassment1 or about #a in   
#aj1 formally report incidents for      
reasons including lack of access to the 
complaints processes and fear of        
retaliation2 ,whereas workplace         
harassment forces many women to leave   
their occupation or industry with       
targets of harassment being #f4e times  
more likely as non-targets to change    
jobs or pass up opportunities for       
advancement1 and this contributes to the
 gender wage gap2 ,whereas ,black women 
experience workplace harassment and     
discrimination at high rates4 ,in a     

recent survey1 #fa percent of ,black    
women reported experiencing racial      
discrimination and #bh percent reported 
being very worried about sexual         
harassment at work and the ,,eeoc       
reports that ,black women file workplace
 sexual harassment complaints #c times  
as often as ,white women2 ,whereas      
nearly two-thirds of workers paid the   
minimum wage or less are women and there
 is a disproportionate concentration of 
women of color in low-wage and tipped   
jobs2 ,whereas more than #dj percent of 
private sector employees say that       
discussion of wage and salary           
information is discouraged and another  
#be percent report that it is formally  
prohibited1 which can hide pay          
discrimination and prevent remedies2    
,whereas the pay disparity ,black women 
face is part of a wider set of          
disparities ,black women face in        
homeownership1 unemployment1 poverty1   
access to child care1 and the ability to
 accumulate wealth2 ,whereas in #bjag   

the gender wage gap widened for ,black  
women2 ,whereas true pay equity requires
 a multi-faceted strategy that addresses
 the gendered and racial injustices that
 ,black women face daily2 and ,whereas  
many national organizations have        
designated ,august #bb1 #bjai1 as ,black
 ,women's ,equal ,pay ,day to represent 
the additional time that women must work
 to compensate for the lower wages paid 
to ,black women last year3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it  ,that ,congress-- 7#a7
 recognizes the disparity in wages paid 
to ,black women1 and its impact on      
women1 families1 and the ,nation2 and   
7#b7 reaffirms its support for ensuring 
equal pay and closing the gender wage   
gap4