S.Amdt. 27Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)

To limit the application of the bill to discriminatory compensation decisions.

Submitted January 15, 2009

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 27 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 39. Record Vote Number: 9.

January 22, 2009

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 27 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 39. Record Vote Number: 9.

January 22, 2009

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S739, S754, S758)

January 22, 2009

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Motion to table amendment SA 27 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 39. Record Vote Number: 9.

January 22, 2009

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 27 proposed by Senator Specter.(consideration: CR S697; text: CR S697)

January 21, 2009

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Amendment SA 27 proposed by Senator Specter. (consideration: CR S697; text: CR S697) To limit the application of the bill to discriminatory compensation decisions.

January 21, 2009

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Senate amendment submitted

January 15, 2009

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Submitted

SA 27. Mr. SPECTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 181, to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to
modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory
compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such
Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the
discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. LIMITING APPLICATION TO DISCRIMINATORY COMPENSATION
DECISIONS.

(a) Findings.--In section 2(1) of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair
Pay Act of 2009, strike ``or other practices''.
(b) Civil Rights Act of 1964.--In section 706(e) of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended by section 3), strike
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) and insert the following:
``(A) For purposes of this section, an unlawful employment
practice occurs, with respect to discrimination in
compensation in violation of this title, when a
discriminatory compensation decision is adopted, when an
individual becomes subject to a discriminatory compensation
decision, or when an individual is affected by application of
a discriminatory compensation decision, including each time
wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting in
whole or in part from such a decision.''.
(c) Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.--In
section 7(d) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967 (as amended by section 4), strike paragraph (3) and
insert the following:
``(3) For purposes of this section, an unlawful practice
occurs, with respect to discrimination in compensation in
violation of this Act, when a discriminatory compensation
decision is adopted, when a person becomes subject to a
discriminatory compensation decision, or when a person is
affected by application of a discriminatory compensation
decision, including each time wages, benefits, or other
compensation is paid, resulting in whole or in part from such
a decision.''.

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