,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ba  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se   
,,( ,,repres5tatives  ,m>* #be1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,lois ,frankel ( ,florida 7=  
h]self1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,williams (
 ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,leg] ,f]n&ez1 ,ms4     
,bal9t1 ,ms4 ,b>ragn1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1    
,mr4 ,bell1 ,mr4 ,b]a1 ,mr4 ,bey]1 ,mr4 
,bi%op1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,boyle (   
,p5nsylvania1 ,ms4 ,br[n1 ,ms4 ,br[nley1
 ,ms4 ,budz9ski1 ,mr4 ,c>bajal1 ,mr4    
,c>son1 ,mr4 ,c>t] ( ,l\isiana1 ,ms4    
,ca/or ( ,florida1 ,mr4 ,ca/ro ( ,texas1
 ,mrs4 ,*]filus-,mc,cormick1 ,ms4 ,*u1  
,ms4 ,cl>ke ( ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,cleav]1 
,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4      
,co/a1 ,mr4 ,davis ( ,ill9ois1 ,ms4     
,dean ( ,p5nsylvania1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1   
,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,deluzio1 ,ms4     
,dext]1 ,mrs4 ,d+ell1 ,mr4 ,doggett1    
,ms4 ,elfre?1 ,ms4 ,escob>1 ,mr4 ,evans 
( ,p5nsylvania1 ,mr4 ,fields1 ,mr4      
,fo/]1 ,mrs4 ,f\%ee1 ,mr4 ,fro/1 ,mr4   
,g>am5di1 ,ms4 ,g>cia ( ,texas1 ,mr4    
,goldman ( ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,vic5te     

,gonzalez ( ,texas1 ,mr4 ,got!im]1 ,mr4 
,gre5 ( ,texas1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4     
,jackson ( ,ill9ois1 ,ms4 ,jacobs1 ,mr4 
,johnson ( ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,johnson (    
,texas1 ,ms4 ,kamlag]-,dove1 ,ms4       
,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,keat+1 ,ms4 ,kelly (     
,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,k5n$y ( ,new ,york1 ,mr4
 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,kri%namoor?i1 ,mr4      
,l&sman1 ,mr4 ,l>s5 ( ,wa%+ton1 ,mr4    
,l>son ( ,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,latim]1    
,ms4 ,lee ( ,p5nsylvania1 ,ms4 ,lee (   
,nevada1 ,mr4 ,lyn*1 ,mr4 ,magaz9]1 ,mr4
 ,mannion1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,mc,bride1
 ,mrs4 ,mc,clain ,delaney1 ,ms4         
,mc,clellan1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4      
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,m5g1 ,mr4
 ,morelle1 ,mr4 ,mosk[itz1 ,mr4 ,m\lton1
 ,mr4 ,nadl]1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,olszewski1  
,ms4 ,om>1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,panetta1
 ,mr4 ,pet]s1 ,ms4 ,pett]s51 ,ms4       
,p+ree1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,pressley1    
,mrs4 ,ramirez1 ,ms4 ,r&all1 ,mr4       
,rask91 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,ms4 ,sal9as1 ,ms4  
,sn*ez1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1  

,mr4 ,s*neid]1 ,ms4 ,s*olt51 ,mr4 ,david
 ,scott ( ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,scott (       
,virg9ia1 ,ms4 ,%]rill1 ,ms4 ,simon1    
,mr4 ,smi? ( ,wa%+ton1 ,ms4 ,/ansbury1  
,mr4 ,/anton1 ,ms4 ,/rickl&1 ,mr4       
,subramanyam1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4        
,swalwell1 ,mrs4 ,sykes1 ,mr4 ,?an$>1   
,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 
,mrs4 ,torres ( ,cali=nia1 ,mr4 ,v>gas1 
,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,wass]man ,s*ultz1 
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,wilson (  
,florida1 & ,mr4 ,takano7 submitt$ !    
foll[+ concurr5t resolution2 :i* 0      
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,education &  
,work=ce  ,,concurr5t ,,resolution      
,recogniz+ ! significance ( equal pay & 
! disp>ity betwe5 wages paid to m5 &    
wom54  ,:]eas section #f7;d7 ( ! ,fair  
,labor ,/&>ds ,act ( #aich 7#bi         
,u4,s4,c4 #bjf7;d77 prohibits           
discrim9ation 9 comp5sation = equal "w  
on ! basis ( sex2 ,:]eas title ,,vii ( !
 ,civil ,rights ,act ( #aifd 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e et seq47 prohibits    
discrim9ation 9 comp5sation because (   

race1 color1 religion1 national orig91  
or sex2 ,:]eas1 m ?an #f decades aft] ! 
passage ( ! ,equal ,pay ,act ( #aifc    
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf note71 ,c5sus       
,bureau data %[ t wom5 work+ full-"t1   
ye>-r\nd are paid an av]age ( #hc c5ts =
 e doll> paid to all m51 :ile wom5      
ov]all1 includ+ "p-"t & seasonal work]s1
 are paid j #ge c5ts = e doll> paid to  
m51 & ,lat9as are paid #eh c5ts1        
,am]ican ,indian & ,alaska ,native wom5 
are paid #eh c5ts1 ,native ,hawaiian &  
,pacific ,isl&] wom5 are paid #fe c5ts1 
,african-,am]ican wom5 are paid #ff     
c5ts1 ,:ite1 non-,hispanic wom5 are paid
 #hj c5ts1 & ,asian-,am]ican wom5 are   
paid #id c5ts1 = e doll> paid to ,:ite1 
non-,hispanic m52 ,:]eas ,m>* #be1      
#bjbe1 is ,equal ,pay ,day1 m>k+ ! day t
 symbolizes h[ long into #bjbe wom5 mu/ 
"w to make :at m5 7 paid 9 #bjbd2 ,:]eas
 ,april #g1 #bjbe1 is obs]v$ z ,asian   
,am]ican1 ,native ,hawaiian1 & ,pacific 
,isl&] ,wom5's ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,july  
#aj1 #bjbe1 is obs]v$ z ,black ,wom5's  

,equal ,pay ,day2 ,augu/ #bh1 #bjbe1 is 
obs]v$ z ,native ,hawaiian ,pacific     
,isl&] ,wom5's ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,octob]
 #h1 #bjbe1 is obs]v$ z ,lat9as' ,equal 
,pay ,day2 ,octob] #bc1 #bjbe1 is obs]v$
 z ,disabl$ ,wom5's ,equal ,pay ,day2 & 
,novemb] #ah1 #bjbe1 is obs]v$ z ,native
 ,wom5's ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,:]eas       
,,lgbtqi wom5 & wom5 ) disabilities may 
face fur!r pay disp>ities2 ,:]eas1 = !  
fir/ "t 9 #ba ye>s1 ! g5d] wage gap grew
 9 #bjbd2 ,:]eas1 if curr5t tr5ds       
cont9ue1 ,asian wom5 are project$ to    
close ! g5d] pay gap = all work]s1      
includ+ "p-"t1 full-"t1 & seasonal      
work]s1 9 #bc ye>s1 ,:ite wom5 9 #dc    
ye>s1 ,black wom5 9 #aba ye>s1 & ,lat9as
 9 #ahg ye>s2 ,:]eas ! disp>ity 9 m$ian 
annual e>n+s = wom5 & m5 work+ full-"t1 
ye>-r\nd is #aa1eej1 :i* c add up to    
ne>ly #dfb1jjj ov] a c>e]2 ,:]eas wom5's
 m$ian e>n+s are less ?an m5's at e     
level ( academic a*ievem5t1 ) wom5 )    
less ?an a high s*ool diploma be+ paid  
#ga p]c5t ( m5's e>n+s1 & wom5 ) a      

pr(essional degree be+ paid #gj p]c5t ( 
m5's e>n+s at ! same level ( education2 
,:]eas wom5 are (t5 paid less ?an m5 )  
l[] levels ( education1 ) wom5 )        
associate's degrees paid less ?an m5 ) a
 high s*ool diploma1 wom5 ) ma/]'s      
degrees paid less ?an m5 ) ba*elor's    
degrees1 & wom5 ) doctorate degrees paid
 less ?an m5 ) ma/]'s degrees2 ,:]eas1 9
 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 mo!rs work+ full-"t & 
all ye> typically are paid #gd p]c5t (  
:at fa!rs are paid2 ,:]eas ! g5d] wage  
gap collectively co/s wom5 employ$      
full-"t & all ye> 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates m   
?an #iid1jjj1jjj 9 annual lo/ wages1 s t
 families h less money to sp5d on goods 
& s]vices t help drive economic gr[?2   
,:]eas1 if ! annual g5d] wage gap 7     
elim9at$ = j #a ye>1 on av]age1 a work+ 
woman 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates w\ld h en\gh    
money = approximately #ac mon?s (       
*ildc>e1 m ?an #aj additional mon?s (   
r5t1 m ?an #g additional mon?s (        
mortgage & utilities paym5ts1 almo/ #c  
seme/]s ( tuition & fees = a #d-ye>     

public univ]sity or ! full co/ ( tuition
 & fees = att5d+ a #b-ye> college1 almo/
 #i additional mon?s ( premiums =       
employ]-bas$ heal? insurance1 almo/ #ge 
weeks ( food1 m ?an #fj p]c5t ( !       
maximum annual individual #dja7k7       
contribution1 or en\gh money to pay (f  
/ud5t loan debt 9 less ?an #c ye>s2     
,:]eas wom5 hold ne>ly two-?irds ( !    
,nation's out/&+ /ud5t loan debt1 total+
 ov] #ibi1jjj1jjj1jjj1 & are less likely
 to be able to pay (f _! /ud5t loan debt
 promptly due to wage disp>ities2 ,:]eas
 ! wage gap impacts wom5's ability to   
save = retirem5t & wom5's total ,social 
,security & p5sion b5efits1 & old] wom5 
are m likely ?an m5 to live 9 pov]ty2   
,:]eas sex-bas$ wage diff]5tials r$uce  
family incomes & contribute to ! high]  
pov]ty rates among wom5 & _! families2  
,:]eas a wage gap exi/s 9 ne>ly e       
occupational field1 b op5+ traditionally
 male-dom9at$ jobs to wom5 & r$uc+      
occupational segregation by sex         
increases e>n+s = wom52 ,:]eas ne>ly    

two-?irds ( work]s paid ! m9imum wage or
 less are wom51 & ! conc5tration ( wom5 
9 l[-wage jobs is a significant         
contributor to ! wage gap2 ,:]eas ! g5d]
 wage gap betwe5 union wom5 & m5 is ab\t
 ?ree-qu>t]s ! size ( ! wage gap betwe5 
nonunion wom5 & m51 & wom5 union memb]s 
typically are paid #baf m p] week ?an   
wom5 :o are n repres5t$ by unions2      
,:]eas two-?irds ( private sector work]s
 report t employ]s ei!r prohibit or     
disc\rage !m f discuss+ _! pay1 :i* c   
keep ! exi/5ce ( pay discrim9ation hidd5
 & prev5t rem$y+ t discrim9ation2 ,:]eas
 ! lack ( family fri5dly policies1 su* z
 access to af=dable1 quality *ildc>e1   
paid family & m$ical leave1 paid sick   
days1 & fair & pr$ictable "w s*$ules1   
=ces _m c>egiv]s to *oose betwe5 provid+
 = _! families f9ancially & ensur+ _!   
lov$ ones receive quality c>e1 &        
contributes to ! wage gap2 ,:]eas at    
lea/ #a 9 #c wom5 h exp]i5c$ sexual     
h>assm5t dur+ _! c>e]s1 & an e/imat$ #hg
 to #id p]c5t ( ^? :o exp]i5ce sexual   

h>assm5t nev] file a =mal compla9t2     
,:]eas workplace h>assm5t =ces _m wom5  
to leave _! occupation or indu/ry1 or   
pass up opportunities = advancem5t1 &   
?is contributes to ! g5d] wage gap2     
,:]eas equal pay /r5g!ns ! economic     
security ( families & enhances retirem5t
 sav+s2 ,:]eas :5 wom5 are paid fairly1 
families are /rong]1 bus9esses prosp]1 &
 ,am]ican values & ! economy are        
/r5g!n$2 & ,:]eas num]\s national       
organizations h designat$ ,tuesday1 ,m>*
 #be1 #bjbe1 z ,equal ,pay ,day to      
repres5t ! additional "t t wom5 mu/ "w  
to comp5sate = ! av]age #ag-p]c5t l[]   
wages paid to wom5 work+ full-"t1       
ye>-r\nd la/ ye>3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t   
,congress-- 7#a7 recognizes ! disp>ity  
betwe5 wages paid to wom5 & m5 & its    
impact on wom51 families1 & ! ,nation2 &
  7#b7 reaffirms its commitm5t to       
support+ equal pay & to n>r[+ ! g5d]    
wage gap4