To limit the application of the bill to discriminatory compensation decisions.
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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
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S739, S754, S758)
January 22, 2009
Motion to table amendment SA 27 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 39. Record Vote Number: 9.
January 22, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 27 proposed by Senator Specter.(consideration: CR S697; text: CR S697)
January 21, 2009
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
Senate amendment submitted
January 15, 2009
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1 roll call on this amendment
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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.''. ____________________