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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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 employ-
ment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH10, 2025
Ms. N
ORTONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require an
employer providing an employment opportunity to dis-
close 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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Salary Transparency 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO WAGE DISCLOSURES. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Fair Labor Standards Act of 2
1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by inserting 3
after section 7 the following new section: 4
‘‘SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO 5
WAGE DISCLOSURES. 6
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—It shall be an unlawful practice 7
for an employer to— 8
‘‘(1) fail or refuse to disclose, in any public or 9
internal posting for an employment opportunity, the 10
wage or wage range for such employment oppor-11
tunity; 12
‘‘(2) in any case in which a public or internal 13
posting for an employment opportunity has not been 14
made available to an applicant for such employment 15
opportunity, fail or refuse to disclose to such appli-16
cant the wage or wage range for such employment 17
opportunity prior to discussing compensation with 18
the applicant and at any time upon the applicant’s 19
request; 20
‘‘(3) fail or refuse to disclose to an employee 21
the wage or wage range for the employee’s position 22
upon hire and at least annually thereafter and at 23
any time upon the employee’s request; or 24
‘‘(4) refuse to interview, hire, promote, or em-25
ploy an employee or applicant for employment, or in 26
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any other manner retaliate against an employee or 1
applicant for employment, for exercising any rights 2
under this section. 3
‘‘(b) D
EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘wage 4
range’, with respect to an employment opportunity, means 5
the range of wages, or salaries and other forms of com-6
pensation, that the employer providing such employment 7
opportunity anticipates in good faith relying on in setting 8
the pay for such employment opportunity. Such term may 9
include reference to any applicable pay scale, previously 10
determined wage range for the position, the actual wage 11
range for those currently holding equivalent positions, or 12
the budgeted amount for the position, as applicable. For 13
the purposes of subsection (a)(3), such term may include 14
reference to any applicable pay scale, previously deter-15
mined wage range for the position, or the wage range for 16
incumbents in equivalent positions, as applicable.’’. 17
(b) P
ENALTIES.—Section 16 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 18
216) is amended by adding at the end the following new 19
subsection: 20
‘‘(f)(1) Any person who violates the provisions of sec-21
tion 8 shall— 22
‘‘(A) be subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 for 23
a first violation, increased by an additional $1,000 24
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for each subsequent violation, not to exceed $10,000; 1
and 2
‘‘(B) be liable to each employee or applicant for 3
employment who was the subject of the violation for 4
statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000, or 5
actual damages, whichever is greater, plus reason-6
able attorneys’ fees, and shall be subject to such in-7
junctive relief as may be appropriate. 8
‘‘(2) An action to recover the liability described in 9
paragraph (1)(B) may be maintained against any em-10
ployer (including a public agency) in any Federal or State 11
court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more em-12
ployees or applicants for employment for and on behalf 13
of— 14
‘‘(A) the employees or applicants for employ-15
ment; and 16
‘‘(B) other employees or applicants for employ-17
ment similarly situated.’’. 18
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