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US SCR31

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/25/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mazie Hirono

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Concurrent resolution expressing Congress's duty to ensure equal workforce opportunity for approximately 75 million women workers, affirming commitments to equal pay, pay transparency, discrimination-free workplaces, paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, affordable childcare, and accessible health care including reproductive care

  • Condemns recent executive actions cited as harming working women, including threatened elimination of the Department of Labor's Women's Bureau (established 1920), rescission of EEOC workplace harassment guidance, and mass layoffs at federal agencies with majority-women workforces

  • Cites Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing over 455,000 women exited the workforce in 2025, with steepest declines among mothers of young children, and Black women's unemployment exceeding 7 percent

  • Commits to restoring and strengthening the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, raising the federal minimum wage, and eliminating tipped and subminimum wages

  • Recognizes the right of every worker to join a union and collectively bargain, and calls on federal, state, and local governments, employers, and labor organizations to collaborate on ensuring working women can thrive free from harassment and discrimination

Legislative Description

A concurrent resolution recognizing the duty of Congress to meet the needs of working women.

Labor and employment

Last Action

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1619)

3/25/2026

Committee Referrals

Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions3/25/2026

Full Bill Text

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