What is Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009?
<!--{{Infobox U.S. legislation | name= Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | fullname= | acronym= | enacted by=111th | effective date=January 29, 2009 | public law url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ002.111 | cite public law=111-2 | cite statutes at large=123 Stat. 5 (2009) | acts amended= [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], [[Age Discrimination in Employment Act|Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967]] | title amended=[[Title 29 of the United States Code|29]], [[Title 42 of the United States Code|42]] | sections created= | sections amended= | leghisturl=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00181:@@@S|/bss/d111query.html| | introducedin=[[United States Senate|Senate]] | introducedbill=S. 181 | introducedby=[[Barbara Mikulski]] | introduceddate=January 8, 2009 | committees= | passedbody1= Senate | passeddate1=January 22, 2009 | passedvote1=[http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00014 61-36] | passedbody2=[[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] | passeddate2=January 27, 2009 | passedvote2=[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll037.xml 250-177] | conferencedate= | passedbody3= | passeddate3= | passedvote3= | passedbody4= | passeddate4= | passedvote4= | signedpresident=[[Barack Obama]] | signeddate=January 29, 2009 | amendments= }}--> The '''Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009''' (LLFPA) is an [[Act of Congress]] about pay discrimination that was [[signed into law]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] on January 29, 2009. The bill amends the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] stating that the 180-day [[statute of limitations]] for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new discriminatory paycheck. The law was a direct answer to the ''[[Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.]]'', {{ussc|550|618|2007}}, a [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision holding that the statute of limitations for presenting an equ