To direct the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prepare a report about how the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has been used by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity.

March 27, 2003

Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD (for herself, Mr. CASE, Ms. WATSON, Ms. LEE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. KUCINICH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

To direct the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prepare a report about how the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has been used by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity.

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 `Equal Pay Improvement Report Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. REPORT BY EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, using information supplied by the Department of Labor, the Office of Management and Budget, and the General Accounting Office, shall submit a report to the Congress making findings and recommendations relating to how the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) has been used by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequities, especially such inequities based on an employee's gender, race, color, religion, or national origin, or such other factor as the Commission finds relevant.

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