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HR 6085 117th Congress House

Fair Pay for All Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 30, 2021 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Nov 30, 2021
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Nov 30, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 Latest action November 30, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Pay for All Act of 2021

This bill expands the statutory protection against wage discrimination based on sex to include discrimination based on an employee's gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, a sex stereotype, pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. It also revises the protection to incorporate nonbinary gender identities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2
Cicilline, David
· Feb 18, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· Nov 30, 2021
Kildee, Daniel
· Nov 30, 2021
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Nov 30, 2021
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Nov 30, 2021
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Nov 30, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Nov 30, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6085: Fair Pay for All Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6085/
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"H.R. 6085: Fair Pay for All Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6085/.
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H.R. 6085, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6085/.
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