# 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act

119-hr-17, Paycheck Fairness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT) with 221 cosponsors; status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-17
- Congress: 119
- Title: Paycheck Fairness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-25
- Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 221
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-03

## Summary

**Strengthening pay equity** by expanding who is protected and limiting employers from using past pay, the Paycheck Fairness Act would tighten how pay differences are justified and increase enforcement and data collection. - Workers and prospective employees would gain a ban on employer reliance on wage history and new nonretaliation protections for wage discussions. The bill lets a candidate voluntarily share prior pay only after a job offer and only to justify a higher wage. - Employers would face new civil penalties for wage-history violations starting at $5,000 for a first offense and rising by $1,000 per subsequent offense to a $10,000 cap. Affected workers could recover damages up to $10,000 plus attorneys’ fees and injunctive relief where appropriate. - Federal enforcement and oversight would increase. The EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs would enforce the rules. The bill would create a National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force and require expanded pay-data collection by EEOC, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and OFCCP from federal contractors. Provisions would take effect six months after enactment.

## Cosponsors (221)

- Rep. Blair, Everton [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] (D-MA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
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- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2025-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mejia, Analilia [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No salary history in hiring: benefit, high. If enacted, employers could not ask for or use your past pay to set your offer. After an offer with pay, you could share prior wages only to ask for more, and the employer could use it only to raise pay. Breaking the rule would bring civil penalties starting at $5,000 and up to $10,000. Affected wo…
- Stronger equal pay rights and remedies: benefit, medium. If enacted, “sex” would include pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics. You could ask about or share pay without retaliation, and bosses could not make you sign pay-secrecy waivers. Employers could defend pay gaps only with job-related, business-need reasons that ex…
- More pay equity education, training, awards: benefit, medium. If enacted, employers would have to post a notice about rights, both on-site and on internal sites. The Labor Department would publish plain-language pay discrimination info, run a National Equal Pay Task Force, and offer help for small employers. The Women’s Bureau would review research within 12…
- Annual pay reporting by employers: mixed, high. If enacted, the EEOC would collect pay data each year by sex, race, and national origin. Reports could use pay ranges with counts and hours in each range. The EEOC would start within 24 months and release aggregated results every 18 months. The agency would consider employer burdens, size threshold…
- New pay reporting for federal contractors: mixed, medium. If enacted, many federal contractors would file pay and employment data by demographics each year. The Labor Department would select at least half of nonconstruction contractors to report, review the data, and target follow-up checks. The EEOC would lead equal-pay enforcement for most employers, wh…
- Technical repeal of an FLSA section: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would remove Section 10 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. This is a technical change and would not by itself change most households’ rights or pay. Effects would depend on how agencies apply other parts of the bill. It would take effect 6 months after enactment.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
- 119-hjres-80: Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2550: Protect America's Workforce Act
- 119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-17 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/17)

## Related
- [119-hr-14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-14)
- [119-hjres-80: Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hjres-80)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-2550: Protect America's Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2550)
- [119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1810)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17 (as of 2026-11-03).