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H.R. 2418: Pay Equity for All Act of 2017

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H.R. 2418: Pay Equity for All Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-11 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Pay Equity for All Act of 2017

Plain summary

Pay Equity for All Act of 201 7 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make it an unlawful practice for an employer to: screen prospective employees based on their previous wages or salary histories; seek the previous wages or salary history of any prospective employee from any current or former employer of such employee; or discharge or retaliate against any current or prospective employee because the employee opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this bill, made a complaint about any such act or practice, or testified or participated in an investigation. The bill prescribes civil penalties for violations.

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Official text

Pay Equity for All Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · 35 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Adam Smith (D-WA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Sponsor's campaign money: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] reported raising $53,775 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2418 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115