,,iv  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ba  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march  
#be1 #bjbe,ms4 ,lois ,frankel of        
,florida 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1  
,ms4 ,williams of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,leger 
,fernandez1 ,ms4 ,balint1 ,ms4 ,barragn1
 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,bell1 ,mr4 ,bera1 
,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,bishop1 ,ms4         
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1
 ,ms4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,brownley1 ,ms4      
,budzinski1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4        
,carson1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,louisiana1    
,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,castro  
of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,cherfilus-,mc,cormick1
 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 
,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4     
,correa1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,davis of    
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,dean of ,pennsylvania1 
,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4    
,deluzio1 ,ms4 ,dexter1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 
,mr4 ,doggett1 ,ms4 ,elfreth1 ,ms4      
,escobar1 ,mr4 ,evans of ,pennsylvania1 
,mr4 ,fields1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mrs4       
,foushee1 ,mr4 ,frost1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 

,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,goldman of
 ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,vicente ,gonzalez of 
,texas1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,green of
 ,texas1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,jackson of
 ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,jacobs1 ,mr4 ,johnson 
of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1   
,ms4 ,kamlager-,dove1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4
 ,keating1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1    
,mr4 ,kennedy of ,new ,york1 ,mr4       
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4     
,landsman1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 
,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1 ,mr4      
,latimer1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,pennsylvania1   
,ms4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 
,magaziner1 ,mr4 ,mannion1 ,ms4 ,matsui1
 ,ms4 ,mc,bride1 ,mrs4 ,mc,clain        
,delaney1 ,ms4 ,mc,clellan1 ,ms4        
,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4       
,meeks1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,mr4 
,moskowitz1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,nadler1
 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4         
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,olszewski1 ,ms4  
,omar1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,panetta1    
,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,pettersen1 ,ms4     
,pingree1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,pressley1  

,mrs4 ,ramirez1 ,ms4 ,randall1 ,mr4     
,raskin1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,ms4 ,salinas1 ,ms4
 ,snchez1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4           
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,ms4      
,scholten1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of        
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4
 ,sherrill1 ,ms4 ,simon1 ,mr4 ,smith of 
,washington1 ,ms4 ,stansbury1 ,mr4      
,stanton1 ,ms4 ,strickland1 ,mr4        
,subramanyam1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4        
,swalwell1 ,mrs4 ,sykes1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1
 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1
 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mr4     
,vargas1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,wasserman
 ,schultz1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 
,wilson of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,takano7  
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,recognizing 
the significance of equal pay and the   
disparity between wages paid to men and 
women4  ,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      
,whereas1 more than #f decades after the
 passage of the ,equal ,pay ,act of     
#aifc 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf note71 ,census
 ,bureau data show that women working   
full-time1 year-round are paid an       
average of #hc cents for every dollar   
paid to all men1 while women overall1   
including part-time and seasonal        
workers1 are paid just #ge cents for    
every dollar paid to men1 and ,latinas  
are paid #eh cents1 ,american ,indian   
and ,alaska ,native women are paid #eh  
cents1 ,native ,hawaiian and ,pacific   
,islander women are paid #fe cents1     
,african-,american women are paid #ff   
cents1 ,white1 non-,hispanic women are  
paid #hj cents1 and ,asian-,american    
women are paid #id cents1 for every     

dollar paid to ,white1 non-,hispanic    
men2 ,whereas ,march #be1 #bjbe1 is     
,equal ,pay ,day1 marking the day that  
symbolizes how long into #bjbe women    
must work to make what men were paid in 
#bjbd2 ,whereas ,april #g1 #bjbe1 is    
observed as ,asian ,american1 ,native   
,hawaiian1 and ,pacific ,islander       
,women's ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,july #aj1   
#bjbe1 is observed as ,black ,women's   
,equal ,pay ,day2 ,august #bh1 #bjbe1 is
 observed as ,native ,hawaiian ,pacific 
,islander ,women's ,equal ,pay ,day2    
,october #h1 #bjbe1 is observed as      
,latinas' ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,october    
#bc1 #bjbe1 is observed as ,disabled    
,women's ,equal ,pay ,day2 and ,november
 #ah1 #bjbe1 is observed as ,native     
,women's ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,whereas     
,,lgbtqi women and women with           
disabilities may face further pay       
disparities2 ,whereas1 for the first    
time in #ba years1 the gender wage gap  
grew in #bjbd2 ,whereas1 if current     
trends continue1 ,asian women are       

projected to close the gender pay gap   
for all workers1 including part-time1   
full-time1 and seasonal workers1 in #bc 
years1 ,white women in #dc years1 ,black
 women in #aba years1 and ,latinas in   
#ahg years2 ,whereas the disparity in   
median annual earnings for women and men
 working full-time1 year-round is       
#aa1eej1 which can add up to nearly     
#dfb1jjj over a career2 ,whereas women's
 median earnings are less than men's at 
every level of academic achievement1    
with women with less than a high school 
diploma being paid #ga percent of men's 
earnings1 and women with a professional 
degree being paid #gj percent of men's  
earnings at the same level of education2
 ,whereas women are often paid less than
 men with lower levels of education1    
with women with associate's degrees paid
 less than men with a high school       
diploma1 women with master's degrees    
paid less than men with bachelor's      
degrees1 and women with doctorate       
degrees paid less than men with master's

 degrees2 ,whereas1 in the ,united      
,states1 mothers working full-time and  
all year typically are paid #gd percent 
of what fathers are paid2 ,whereas the  
gender wage gap collectively costs women
 employed full-time and all year in the 
,united ,states more than #iid1jjj1jjj  
in annual lost wages1 so that families  
have less money to spend on goods and   
services that help drive economic       
growth2 ,whereas1 if the annual gender  
wage gap were eliminated for just #a    
year1 on average1 a working woman in the
 ,united ,states would have enough money
 for approximately #ac months of        
childcare1 more than #aj additional     
months of rent1 more than #g additional 
months of mortgage and utilities        
payments1 almost #c semesters of tuition
 and fees for a #d-year public          
university or the full cost of tuition  
and fees for attending a #b-year        
college1 almost #i additional months of 
premiums for employer-based health      
insurance1 almost #ge weeks of food1    

more than #fj percent of the maximum    
annual individual #dja7k7 contribution1 
or enough money to pay off student loan 
debt in less than #c years2 ,whereas    
women hold nearly two-thirds of the     
,nation's outstanding student loan debt1
 totaling over #ibi1jjj1jjj1jjj1 and are
 less likely to be able to pay off their
 student loan debt promptly due to wage 
disparities2 ,whereas the wage gap      
impacts women's ability to save for     
retirement and women's total ,social    
,security and pension benefits1 and     
older women are more likely than men to 
live in poverty2 ,whereas sex-based wage
 differentials reduce family incomes and
 contribute to the higher poverty rates 
among women and their families2 ,whereas
 a wage gap exists in nearly every      
occupational field1 but opening         
traditionally male-dominated jobs to    
women and reducing occupational         
segregation by sex increases earnings   
for women2 ,whereas nearly two-thirds of
 workers paid the minimum wage or less  

are women1 and the concentration of     
women in low-wage jobs is a significant 
contributor to the wage gap2 ,whereas   
the gender wage gap between union women 
and men is about three-quarters the size
 of the wage gap between nonunion women 
and men1 and women union members        
typically are paid #baf more per week   
than women who are not represented by   
unions2 ,whereas two-thirds of private  
sector workers report that employers    
either prohibit or discourage them from 
discussing their pay1 which can keep the
 existence of pay discrimination hidden 
and prevent remedying that              
discrimination2 ,whereas the lack of    
family friendly policies1 such as access
 to affordable1 quality childcare1 paid 
family and medical leave1 paid sick     
days1 and fair and predictable work     
schedules1 forces many caregivers to    
choose between providing for their      
families financially and ensuring their 
loved ones receive quality care1 and    
contributes to the wage gap2 ,whereas at

 least #a in #c women have experienced  
sexual harassment during their careers1 
and an estimated #hg to #id percent of  
those who experience sexual harassment  
never file a formal complaint2 ,whereas 
workplace harassment forces many women  
to leave their occupation or industry1  
or pass up opportunities for            
advancement1 and this contributes to the
 gender wage gap2 ,whereas equal pay    
strengthens the economic security of    
families and enhances retirement        
savings2 ,whereas when women are paid   
fairly1 families are stronger1          
businesses prosper1 and ,american values
 and the economy are strengthened2 and  
,whereas numerous national organizations
 have designated ,tuesday1 ,march #be1  
#bjbe1 as ,equal ,pay ,day to represent 
the additional time that women must work
 to compensate for the average          
#ag-percent lower wages paid to women   
working full-time1 year-round last year3
 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that           
,congress-- 7#a7 recognizes the         

disparity between wages paid to women   
and men and its impact on women1        
families1 and the ,nation2 and  7#b7    
reaffirms its commitment to supporting  
equal pay and to narrowing the gender   
wage gap4