,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #gf  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,november #bj1 #bjai,ms4                
,mucarsel-,powell 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1   
,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4
 ,snchez1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1    
,mr4 ,gallego1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mrs4    
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4       
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 
,ms4 ,torres ,small of ,new ,mexico1 and
 ,mrs4 ,trahan7 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  
,latina women in comparison to men4     
,whereas ,november #bj1 #bjai1 is       
,latina ,equal ,pay ,day1 which marks   
the day that symbolizes how long into   
#bjai ,latina women1 on average1 must   
work to make what ,white1 non-,hispanic 
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 sex but shall     
provide equal pay for equal work1       
,census ,bureau data shows that ,latina 
women working full-time1 year-round are 
typically paid #ed cents for every      
dollar paid to ,white1 non-,hispanic    
men2 ,whereas if the current trends     
continue1 on average ,latina women will 
have to wait #bje years to achieve equal
 pay2 ,whereas the median annual pay for
 a ,latina woman in the ,united ,states 

working full-time1 year-round is        
#cc1edj1 which means that1 on average1  
,latina women lose over #a4a million    
dollars in potential earnings over their
 lifetime to the wage gap2 ,whereas     
certain groups of ,latinas experience   
even wider pay gaps1 with noncitizen    
immigrant ,latinas being paid just #ch  
cents for every dollar paid to ,white1  
non-,hispanic male workers2 ,whereas    
lost wages mean ,latina women have less 
money to support themselves and their   
families1 save and invest for the       
future1 and spend on goods and services2
 ,whereas the underpayment of ,latina   
workers cause businesses and the economy
 to suffer2 ,whereas ,latina women's    
median earnings are less than men's at  
every level of academic achievement1    
with ,latina women with less than a high
 school diploma earning #ah percent less
 than ,white1 non-,hispanic men1 and    
,latina women with an advanced degree   
earning #bj percent less than ,white1   
non-,hispanic men with the same level of

 education2 ,whereas in the ,united     
,states1 more than #fj4c percent of     
,latina mothers are primary1 sole or    
cobreadwinners for their families1 but  
,latina mothers working full-time1      
year-round are typically paid only #df  
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 force many ,latina   
women to choose between their paycheck  
or job and getting quality care for     
themselves or their family members1 and 
contributes to the wage gap2 ,whereas if
 the wage gap were eliminated1 on       
average1 a ,latina woman working        
full-time1 year-round would have enough 
money for approximately #c years of     
child care2 more than #c 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 #d years of food for   

her family2 more than #ah additional    
months of mortgage and utilities        
payments2 #b years of rent payments2    
among other basic living expenses2      
,whereas workplace harassment forces    
many women to leave their occupation or 
industry1 as targets of harassment were 
#f4e times as likely as nontargets to   
change jobs1 or pass up opportunities   
for advancement1 and this contributes to
 the gender wage gap2 ,whereas nearly   
two-thirds of workers paid the minimum  
wage or less are women1 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 ,latina women
 face is part of a wider set of         
disparities ,latina women face in       

homeownership1 unemployment1 poverty1   
access to child care1 and the ability to
 accumulate wealth2 ,whereas true pay   
equity requires a multi-faceted strategy
 that addresses the gender and racial   
injustices that ,latina women face      
daily2 and ,whereas many national       
organizations have designated ,november 
#bj1 #bjai1 as ,latina ,equal ,pay ,day 
to represent the additional time that   
,latina women must work into the next   
calendar year to receive the earnings of
 their ,white1 non-,hispanic            
counterparts in the prior ,census year3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that           
,congress-- 7#a7 recognizes the         
disparity in wages paid to ,latina women
 and its impact on women1 families1 the 
economy and our entire country2 and     
7#b7 reaffirms its support for ensuring 
equal pay and closing the gender wage   
gap4