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42 U.S.C. § 227A

Section 227a · Omitted

This is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

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Every enactment and amendment in this section's credit is listed. Full text is shown for versions back to 2016; earlier amendments are recorded by date and act, without pre-1994 full text.

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Civil Rights Act of 1991 (CRA 1991)
Overrode several restrictive Supreme Court decisions and expanded damages (including compensatory and punitive) under Title VII and other anti-discrimination statutes.
42 U.S.C. (amends Title VII and other anti-discrimination statutes)
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Ledbetter Act)
Overrode Ledbetter v. Goodyear (2007) by restarting the limitations clock for equal-pay claims with every discriminatory paycheck.
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) (amends Title VII)

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