Via Washington Examiner:

A trio of House Democrats plans to introduce a bill that would ban employers from asking job applicants for their salary history, a move they say would help close the so-called gender pay gap.

The legislation is sponsored by Reps. Jerrold Nadler of New York, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is D.C’s non-voting delegate.

The bill would mirror a new law in Massachusetts that prohibits employers from requesting salary history, which critics say keeps women and minorities stuck at lower wage levels.

“Many carry lower salaries for their entire careers simply because of wages at previous jobs that were set unfairly,” Norton said Tuesday. “Our bill will require employers to offer salaries to prospective employees based on merit, not gender, race or ethnicity.”