House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fair Pay Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: May 4, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8663.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 77, May 4, 2026, Page H3338):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8663, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8663
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
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- H.R. 2693 (119th) District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act
- H.R. 51 (119th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.R. 880 (119th) Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 1888 (119th) Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
- H.R. 7441 (119th) Bayard Rustin Stamp Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.