What is the H.R. 2831: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007?
This is a proposed bill to amend: title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The main purpose of this Act is to clarify that “an unlawful to practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes(1).”
Date Introduced: June 22, 2007
Status of H.R. 2831: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007: This Bill was passed by the House July 31, 2007. This Bill was essentially signed into law under S. 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009.
It was the first bill Obama signed into law during his presidency. S. 181 nullifies a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2007 that made it more difficult for for workers to file complaints related to unequal pay.
Sponsors: Rep. George Miller [D-CA] and cosponsored (07/05/08) by : Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI); Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY); Rep. Thomas Allen (D-ME); Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA); Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ); Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA); Rep. John Barrow (D-GA); Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV); Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA); Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY); Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA); Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA); Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA); Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL); Rep. George Butterfield (D-NC); Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA); Del. Donna Christensen (D-VI); Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY); Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC); Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN); Rep. John Conyers (D-MI); Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD); Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL); Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL); Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA); Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR); Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT); Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX); Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN); Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA); Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ); Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX); Rep. Al Green (D-TX); Rep. Raymond Green (D-TX); Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ); Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL); Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY); Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX); Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI); Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH); Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ); Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD); Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL); Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX); Rep. Henry Johnson (D-GA); Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI); Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI); Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH); Rep. John Larson (D-CT); Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI); Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA); Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA); Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY); Rep. James Marshall (D-GA); Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA); Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY); Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN); Rep. James McDermott (D-WA); Rep. Bradley Miller (D-NC); Rep. James Moran (D-VA); Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA); Rep. Jerrold Nadler D-NY); Del. Eleanor Norton (D-DC); Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN); Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ); Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND); Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY); Rep. Steven Rothman (D-NJ); Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD); Rep. Timothy Ryan (D-OH); Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA); Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA); Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD); Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL); Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA); Rep. José Serrano (D-NY); Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA); Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH); Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ); Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY); Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA); Rep. John Spratt (D-SC); Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH); Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA); Rep. John Tierney (D-MA); Rep. Christopher Van Hollen (D-MD); Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)l; Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA); Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC); Rep. Charles Wilson (D-OH); Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA); Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Source:
(1) USGovTrack.us. H.R. 2831: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. Updated September 23, 2008.
