Two House Democrats are turning to legislation to call on international athletic organizations to pay female athletes as much as their male counterparts.

Reps. Kathy Castor Katherine (Kathy) Anne CastorOVERNIGHT ENERGY: Democrats push resolution to battle climate change, sluggish economy and racial injustice | Senators reach compromise on greenhouse gas amendment stalling energy bill | Trump courts Florida voters with offshore drilling moratorium Trump courts Florida voters with moratorium on offshore drilling Lawmakers, public bid farewell to John Lewis MORE (D-Fla.) and Carolyn Maloney Carolyn Bosher MaloneyTop Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence House panel advances bill to ban Postal Service leaders from holding political positions Shakespeare Theatre Company goes virtual for 'Will on the Hill...or Won't They?' MORE (D-N.Y.) authored a resolution that establishes a “sense of Congress” that female athletes should be paid the same as male athletes.

The issue of female athletes’ wage parity has come under scrutiny due to the fact that the U.S. women’s national team, which won the Women’s World Cup this month, will be paid more than ten times less than the German 2014 Men’s World Cup winners.

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Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), which runs the competitions, paid $35 million to the men's German national team in 2014, while awarding the U.S. women’s team $2 million.

Castor and Maloney’s resolution urges organizers of athletic competitions to “actively take part in combating the wage gap.”

In a letter to FIFA President Sepp Blatter last week, Maloney accused the organization of making excuses for the pay gap. She noted that men and women are paid equally at the Wimbledon, French Open, Australian Open and U.S. open tennis championships.

“You have the opportunity and responsibility to follow this example. FIFA’s mission is to develop 'football everywhere and for all.' It does not discriminate, and neither should you,” Maloney wrote.

“It is unfortunate but true that women around the world are accustomed to earning less for the same work.”