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“PETITIONS, ETC.” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H226 on Jan. 12, 2015.
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PETITIONS, ETC.
Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the clerk's desk and referred as follows:
1. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the City of Lauderhill, Florida, relative to Resolution No. 14R-10-247, urging the Department of Labor to more effectively enforce the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 and other continued efforts for ensuring parity in pay for women so that women in comparable positions make incomes much more closely related to their male counterparts; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2. Also, a petition of the City of Lauderhill, Florida, relative to Resolution No. 14R-12-278, supporting the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program that was created by the Department of Homeland Security; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
