119-hr2007

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2007 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2007

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require an employer providing 
 an employment opportunity to disclose the wage range for such 
employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 10, 2025

 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require an employer providing 
 an employment opportunity to disclose the wage range for such 
employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Salary Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO WAGE DISCLOSURES.

    (a) In General.--The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

section 7 the following new 
section:

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SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO WAGE DISCLOSURES.

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    (a) In General.--It shall be an unlawful practice for an employer 
to--
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    (1) fail or refuse to disclose, in any public or internal 
 posting for an employment opportunity, the wage or wage range 
 for such employment opportunity;
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    (2) in any case in which a public or internal posting for 
 an employment opportunity has not been made available to an 
 applicant for such employment opportunity, fail or refuse to 
 disclose to such applicant the wage or wage range for such 
 employment opportunity prior to discussing compensation with 
 the applicant and at any time upon the applicant's request;
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    (3) fail or refuse to disclose to an employee the wage or 
 wage range for the employee's position upon hire and at least 
 annually thereafter and at any time upon the employee's 
 request; or
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    (4) refuse to interview, hire, promote, or employ an 
 employee or applicant for employment, or in any other manner 
 retaliate against an employee or applicant for employment, for 
 exercising any rights under this section.
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    (b) 

=== Definition. ===
-In this section, the term `wage range', with 
respect to an employment opportunity, means the range of wages, or 
salaries and other forms of compensation, that the employer providing 
such employment opportunity anticipates in good faith relying on in 
setting the pay for such employment opportunity. Such term may include 
reference to any applicable pay scale, previously determined wage range 
for the position, the actual wage range for those currently holding 
equivalent positions, or the budgeted amount for the position, as 
applicable. For the purposes of subsection

    (a)

    (3) , such term may 
include reference to any applicable pay scale, previously determined 
wage range for the position, or the wage range for incumbents in 
equivalent positions, as applicable.''.

    (b) Penalties.--

Section 16 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
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    (f)

    (1) Any person who violates the provisions of 

section 8 
shall--
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        (A) be subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 for a first 
 violation, increased by an additional $1,000 for each 
 subsequent violation, not to exceed $10,000; and
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        (B) be liable to each employee or applicant for 
 employment who was the subject of the violation for statutory 
 damages between $1,000 and $10,000, or actual damages, 
 whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorneys' fees, and 
 shall be subject to such injunctive relief as may be 
 appropriate.
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    (2) An action to recover the liability described in paragraph

    (1)
        (B) may be maintained against any employer (including a public 
agency) in any Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction by any 
one or more employees or applicants for employment for and on behalf 
of--
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        (A) the employees or applicants for employment; and
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        (B) other employees or applicants for employment 
 similarly situated.''.
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