House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Wage Equity Act of 2021

H.R. 2491Introduced Apr 13, 2021Policy area: Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Rep. Elise Stefanik R-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 13, 2021
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 13, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2491.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 63, April 13, 2021, Page H1738):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2021 ↗
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H.R. 2491, 117th Congress
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July 21, 2025
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

55 cosponsors — 55 Republicans

0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Mike Bost (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Kay Granger (R-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), J. Hill (R-AR), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Young Kim (R-CA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Robert Latta (R-OH), Julia Letlow (R-LA) and 25 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-21 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.