Whereas section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(d)(1) ) prohibits discrimination in compensation for equal work on the basis of sex; Whereas title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) prohibits discrimination in compensation because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex; Whereas over five decades after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 ( 29 U.S.C. 206 note), Census Bureau data show that women working full-time, year-round are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to men, while Asian-American women working full-time, year-round are paid 87 cents, White, non-Hispanic women working full-time, year-round are paid 79 cents, African-American women working full-time, year-round are paid 63 cents, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women working full-time, year-round are paid 59 cents, American Indian and Alaska Native women working full-time, year-round are paid 57 cents, and Hispanic women working full-time, year-round are paid 54 cents compared to White, non-Hispanic men; Whereas if current trends continue, on average, women will have to wait 41 years for equal pay, while African-American women will wait 106 years, and Hispanic women will wait 215 years; Whereas the disparity in median annual earnings for women and men working full-time, year-round is nearly $10,100, which can add up to more than $400,000 over a career; Whereas the wage gap collectively costs women employed full-time in the United States more than $840,000,000,000 in annual lost wages, meaning families have less money to spend on goods and services that help drive economic growth; Whereas the wage gap impacts women’s ability to save for retirement and women’s total Social Security and pension benefits, and older women are more likely than men to live in poverty; Whereas sex discrimination in education, hiring, and promotion has played a role in maintaining a workforce segregated by sex