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HCONRES 29 116th Congress House Sports and Recreation Athletes Professional sports Wages and earnings Women's rights

Expressing the sense of Congress that female athletes be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap.

Introduced: July 16, 2019 Introduced by: Castor, Kathy Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that female athletes should be paid the same as their male counterparts and that organizers of world-class competitions should actively take part in combating the wage gap.

What's happening now April 2, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4
Kennedy, Joseph
· Sep 11, 2019
Crist, Charlie
· Jul 16, 2019
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jul 10, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Jul 9, 2019
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 2, 2019
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 2, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Apr 2, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 29: Expressing the sense of Congress that female athletes be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-29/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 29: Expressing the sense of Congress that female athletes be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-29/.
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H. Con. Res. 29, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-29/.
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[H. Con. Res. 29: Expressing the sense of Congress that female athletes be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-29/)
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