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HR 1864 116th Congress House

Pay Equity for All Act of 2019

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit certain practices by employers relating to restrictions on discussion of employees' and prospective e… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit certain practices by employers relating to restrictions on discussion of employees' and prospective employees' salary and benefit history, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 8, 2019 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Civil actions and liabilityEmployee hiringEmployment discrimination and employee rightsPersonnel recordsWages and earnings
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Mar 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 25, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E346)
Mar 25, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 25, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pay Equity for All Act of 2019

This bill makes it unlawful for an employer to

  • rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in considering the employee for employment;
  • rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in determining the employee's wages (with an exception);
  • seek from a prospective employee or any current or former employer the wage history of the employee (with an exception); or
  • discharge or retaliate against any employee or prospective employee because that employee is opposed to any act or practice made unlawful by this bill, or has taken an action for which discrimination is forbidden.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Jan 8, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jul 24, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 9, 2019
Crist, Charlie
· Apr 9, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Apr 9, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Apr 8, 2019
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 8, 2019
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 25, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 25, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1864: Pay Equity for All Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1864/
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"H.R. 1864: Pay Equity for All Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1864/.
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H.R. 1864, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1864/.
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