H.R.17

Paycheck Fairness Act

Introduced·3/25/25
Introduced

H. R. 17

Introduced in House · April 6, 2025

March 25, 2025

Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Figures, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Bera, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Simon, Mr. Gray, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Costa, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Chu, Ms. Rivas, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Takano, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Waters, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Tran, Mr. Correa, Mr. Min, Mr. Levin, Mr. Peters, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Vargas, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Crow, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Himes, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Ms. McBride, Mr. Soto, Mr. Frost, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. McBath, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Case, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Casten, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Foster, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Carson, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Fields, Mr. Neal, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Keating, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Golden of Maine, Ms. Scholten, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Craig, Ms. Morrison, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Omar, Mr. Bell, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Ross, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Adams, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Pou, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Sherrill, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Vasquez, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Titus, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Gillen, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Riley of New York, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Landsman, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Brown, Mrs. Sykes, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Hernández, Mr. Amo, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Casar, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Balint, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Perez, Ms. Randall, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Pocan, and Ms. Moore of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Paycheck Fairness Act”.