Women’s Economic Bill of Rights Resolution of 2014

H. Res. 507 · 113th Congress · Mar 6, 2014 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of a women’s economic bill of rights.

Section 1 Short Title

This Resolution may be cited as the “Women’s Economic Bill of Rights Resolution of 2014”.

Sec. 2 Sense of House of Representatives

It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should support efforts that guarantee—

(1)

pay equity, ensuring equal pay for equal work;

(2)

fair treatment in the workplace, including reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers, enabling them to continue working to support their families;

(3)

access to paid family and medical leave for women and men;

(4)

economic and retirement security for women and men; and

(5)

fair access, for women and men, to business capital, Federal contracts, and a marketplace that is conducive to small business growth.

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Mar 6, 2014viewing Introduced in House Mr. Barber (for himself, Mr. Barrow of Georgia, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Enyart, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Honda, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. McCollum, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters of California, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Rush, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Vargas, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

Women’s Economic Bill of Rights Resolution of 2014

Section 1 Short Title

Sec. 2 Sense of House of Representatives

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