United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 217 (97th)
Equal Pay Reform Act of 1981
Introduced
5 January 1981
Last action
6 February 1981 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards.
Sponsors
Rep. Ferraro, Geraldine A. [D-NY-9], Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8], Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-6], Rep. Moffett, Toby [D-CT-6], Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20], Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22], Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-32], Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14], Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11], Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13], Rep. Dougherty, Charles F. [R-PA-4], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9]
Subjects
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Source updated
29 August 2025
Summary
Equal Pay Reform Act of 1981 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to disallow the economic profitability to the employer of goods worked on in a job as a factor to justify wage differentials based on the sex of the employee holding such job.
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Timeline
5 January 1981
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Source: IntroReferral
5 January 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 January 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 February 1981
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards.
Source: Committee
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 5 January 1981
Sponsors
- Rep. Ferraro, Geraldine A. [D-NY-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-6] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Moffett, Toby [D-CT-6] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-32] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dougherty, Charles F. [R-PA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] · D · Cosponsor
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/217
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/hr/217
- us · 97-hr-217 · source updated 29 August 2025