H.R. 2831 - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007

H.R. 2831 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Keywords

Pay discrimination, Civil Rights Act

Summary

To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007
• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007
• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007

Sponsor

George Miller

Co-Sponsors

• Timothy Bishop
• Donna Christensen
• R. Miller
• Sheila Jackson-Lee
• Dennis Kucinich
• Robert Scott
• Carolyn McCarthy
• Jerrold Nadler
• George Butterfield
• Raymond Green
• John Tierney
• Artur Davis
• John Conyers
• Raul Grijalva
• Yvette Clarke
• Charles Rangel
• Eleanor Norton
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• Sam Farr
• Melvin Watt
• Keith Ellison
• Jesse Jackson
• Adam Schiff
• Earl Pomeroy
• Gary Ackerman
• Diane Watson
• Jason Altmire
• James Marshall
• Ellen Tauscher
• Hilda Solis
• Rush Holt
• Charles Gonzalez
• Linda Sánchez
• Bruce Braley
• Dale Kildee
• James McDermott
• Donald Payne
• Gabrielle Giffords
• Thomas Allen
• Zoe Lofgren
• Doris Matsui
• Timothy Ryan
• John Spratt
• Robert Andrews
• Charles Wilson
• Loretta Sanchez
• Corrine Brown
• David Loebsack
• Henry Johnson
• Neil Abercrombie
• Rosa DeLauro
• John Yarmuth
• Betty McCollum
• Lynn Woolsey
• Steven Rothman
• Phil Hare
• Al Green
• Carolyn Maloney
• Louise Slaughter
• Joe Sestak
• Carolyn Kilpatrick
• Lloyd Doggett
• Janice Schakowsky
• José Serrano
• James Oberstar
• John Barrow
• Mazie Hirono
• Steny Hoyer
• Christopher Van Hollen
• Steve Cohen
• Albio Sires
• Danny Davis
• Betty Sutton
• John Sarbanes
• Brian Higgins
• Robert Brady
• Paul Hodes
• James Moran
• Susan Davis
• Elijah Cummings
• Leonard Boswell
• Carol Shea-Porter
• Shelley Berkley
• Sander Levin
• Howard Berman
• Lois Capps
• Brian Baird
• John Larson
• Rubén Hinojosa
• Peter DeFazio
• C.A. Ruppersberger
• Patrick Murphy
• James Clyburn

Subjects

• Civil rights
• Actions and defenses
• Age discrimination
• Aged
• Disabled
• Discrimination against the disabled
• Discrimination in employment
• Employers' liability
• Labor
• Law
• Minorities
• Racial discrimination
• Religion
• Religious liberty
• Salaries
• Sex discrimination
• Wage restitution
• Wages
• Women

Related Bills

• H.Res. 579 (110^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2831) to Amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to Clarify That a Discriminatory Compensation Decision or Other Practice That is Unlawful Under Such Act Occurs Each Time Compensation is Paid Pursuant to the Disciminatory Compensation Decision or Other Practice, and for Other Purposes.
• S. 1843 (110^th) : Fair Pay Restoration Act

Major Actions

Introduced	6/22/2007
Referred to Committee
Passed House	7/31/2007

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On Passage - House - H.R. 2831 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act	7/31/2007	This bill PASSED the House 225 voted YES 199 voted NO 9 voted present/not voting
currently selected	Senate	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2831	4/23/2008	This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 56 voted YES 42 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	6/22/2007
		6/22/2007	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
		6/27/2007	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
	Put on a legislative calendar	6/27/2007	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20.
		7/18/2007	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-237.
	Put on a legislative calendar	7/18/2007	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 147.
		7/27/2007	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 579 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2831 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 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.
		7/31/2007	Rule H. Res. 579 passed House.
		7/31/2007	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 579. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8940-8950; text of measure as introduced: CR 7/31/2007 H8940-8950)
		7/31/2007	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2831 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 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.
		7/31/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2831.
		7/31/2007	DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 2831.
		7/31/2007	Considered as unfinished business.
		7/31/2007	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
		7/31/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Andrews demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of passage until a time to be announced.
		7/31/2007	Considered as unfinished business.
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	7/31/2007	On Passage - House - H.R. 2831 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
		8/01/2007	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
	Put on a legislative calendar	8/02/2007	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 325.
		4/21/2008	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		4/21/2008	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate.
		4/23/2008	Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked (Record Vote 110) entered in Senate.
currently selected	Vote	4/23/2008	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2831
		9/23/2008	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

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