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H.R. 7 - Paycheck Fairness Act
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 303:
Agreed to by record vote of 217-207, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 217-208, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
MANAGERS: DeSaulnier/Burgess
1. Structured rule for H.R. 7.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
8. Provides one motion to recommit.
9. Structured rule for H.R. 1195.
10. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
12. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
14. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 6 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
15. Provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part C of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
16. Provides one motion to recommit.
17. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in parts B and C of the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in sections 3 and 6 of the resolution.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Strikes the authorization of appropriations in section 10. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Strikes severability clause from the bill. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Torres, Ritchie (NY) | Democrat | Requires a review on the gender wage gap in the teenage workforce. | Made in Order |
| 4 | Version 1 | Ocasio-Cortez (NY) | Democrat | Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to award contracts and grants for the purpose of training employers about the role that salary negotiation and other inconsistent wage setting practices can have on allowing bias to enter compensation. Specifically, the training programs will provide guidance on the structural issues and disadvantages women and people of color face. They will also assist employers in examining the impact of a range of practices on opportunities, including self-auditing to identify structural issues that allow bias and inequity to enter compensation and internal equity among workers with similar skills, effort, responsibility and working conditions - among other things. | Made in Order |
| 5 | Version 1 | Ocasio-Cortez (NY) | Democrat | Withdrawn Gives priority to eligible entities that are school districts with a student base that are lower-income or receive Title 1 funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in awarding grants for negotiations skills training. | Withdrawn |
| 6 | Version 1 | Ocasio-Cortez (NY) | Democrat | Adds to the research and studies a requirement to conduct and promote an analysis on the impact of gender pay disparities on poverty rates for women and girls from historically underrepresented and minority groups. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA), Leger Fernandez (NM) | Democrat | Requires the EEOC to provide for an annual collection of compensation data from employers disaggregated by the sex, race, and national origin of employees. | Made in Order |
| 8 | Version 1 | Stefanik (NY) | Republican | SUBSTITUTE Revises the bill to provide a safe harbor for employers who conduct self-audits to identify and rectify potentially unlawful pay disparities and allows for reasonable employer defenses against trial lawyer abuses. The amendment protects prospective employees from disclosing wage history to prevent compounding pay disparities and requires further study on the causes and effects of pay disparities between men and women. | Made in Order |
| 9 | Version 2 | Scott, Bobby (VA) | Democrat | MANAGER’S AMENDMENT Revised Clarifies the definition of sex, clarifies the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's enforcement authorities with respect to the amendments to the Equal Pay Act made under H.R. 7, and makes technical corrections. | Considered as Adopted |
| 10 | Version 4 | Newman (IL) | Democrat | Revised Requires employers to inform employees of their rights established under this act through currently required workplace posters and electronically. | Made in Order |
| 11 | Version 1 | Williams (GA) | Democrat | Late Reestablishes the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, a federal interagency task force focused on improving compliance, public education, and enforcement of equal pay laws. | Made in Order |
| 12 | Version 1 | Perry (PA) | Republican | Late Forestalls enactment of the Act until the EEOC produces a multivariate analysis concluding that the single variable of gender is principally responsible for wage disparities between men and women. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 67
Motion by Mr. Cole to add language to the rule that would eliminate the tolling of days for Resolutions of Inquiry. Defeated: 4–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 68
Motion by Mr. DeSaulnier to report the rule. Adopted: 8–4
Majority Member
Vote
Mrs. Torres
Yea
Mr. Perlmutter
Yea
Mr. Raskin
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Morelle
Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier
Yea
Ms. Ross
Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay