,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #dh  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,september #bi1 #bjbb,mr4 ,warnock      
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,,concurrent     
,,resolution  ,recognizing the          
significance of equal pay and the       
disparity in wages paid to men as       
compared to wages paid to ,black women4 
,whereas ,september #ba1 #bjbb1 is      
,black ,women's ,equal ,pay ,day1 which 
marks the number of days into #bjbb that
 ,black women must work in order to earn
 the same amount1 since ,january #a1    
#bjba1 that ,white1 non-,hispanic men   
were paid in #bjba2 ,whereas section    
#f7;d7 of the ,fair ,labor ,standards   
,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf7;d77  
prohibits discrimination in compensation
 for equal work on the basis of sex2    
,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,public ,law #hh-ch2 #gg ,stat4 #ef7  
#e decades ago1 which requires that men 
and women in the same workplace be given
 equal pay for equal work1 data from the
 ,bureau of the ,census shows that      
,black women working full-time1         
year-round1 are paid #eh cents for every
 dollar paid to ,white1 non-,hispanic   
men2 ,whereas if the current trends     
continue1 on average1 ,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-round1 is       
#da1jih1 which means that1 on average1  
,black women lose nearly #ifd1djj in    
potential earnings to the wage gap      
during the course of a #dj-year career2 
,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 
the median earnings of ,black women are 
less than the median earnings of men at 
every level of academic achievement2    
,whereas1 in the ,united ,states1 more  
than #hj percent of ,black mothers are  
key breadwinners or co-breadwinners for 
their families1 but ,black mothers      
working full time are paid only #eb     
percent as much as fathers2 ,whereas the
 lack of access to affordable1 quality  
childcare1 paid family and medical      
leave1 paid sick leave1 and other       
family-friendly workplace policies      
contributes to the wage gap by forcing  
many ,black women to choose between     
their paycheck or job and getting       
quality care for themselves or their    
family members2 ,whereas if the wage gap
 were eliminated1 on average1 a ,black  
woman working full time would have      
enough money for approximately #b4e     

additional years of tuition and fees for
 a #d-year public university1 the full  
cost of tuition and fees for a #b-year  
community college1 more than #af        
additional months of premiums for       
employer-based health insurance1 #aec   
weeks of food for her family1 #ae       
additional months of mortgage and       
utilities payments1 #bb more months of  
rent1 nearly #bj additional years of    
birth control1 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 about #a in #aj women who          
experience harassment1 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 industry2 ,whereas  
targets of harassment were #f4e times as
 likely as nontargets to change jobs or 
pass up opportunities for advancement1  

contributing to the gender wage gap2    
,whereas ,black women were the most     
likely of all racial and ethnic groups  
to have filed a sexual harassment       
charge2 ,whereas nearly #b_/c of workers
 paid the minimum wage or less are      
women1 and there is an                  
overrepresentation of women of color in 
low-wage and tipped occupations2        
,whereas more than #fb percent of women 
working in the private sector reported  
that they were either discouraged or    
prohibited from discussing wage and     
salary information1 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 encounter in   
home ownership1 unemployment1 poverty1  
access to childcare1 and the ability to 
accumulate wealth2 ,whereas the gender  
wage gap for ,black women has only      
narrowed by #c cents in the last #c     
decades2 ,whereas true pay equity       
requires a multifaceted strategy that   

addresses the gendered and racial       
injustices that ,black women face daily2
 ,whereas the pandemic has              
disproportionately economically impacted
 ,black women2 and ,whereas many        
national organizations have designated  
,september #ba1 #bjbb1 as ,black        
,women's ,equal ,pay ,day to represent  
the additional time that ,black 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 women and its impact on  
women1 families1 and the ,united        
,states2 and  7#b7 reaffirms its support
 for ensuring equal pay for equal work  
and narrowing the gender wage gap4