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S. 4919 (IS) - Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 119th Congress
- Congress Session
- 2nd Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- June 24, 2026
- Action
- Mrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Bill Number
- S. 4919
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
- Full Title
- To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and assist in the recovery of stolen wages, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Patty Murray(WA)
- Cosponsors
- Tammy Baldwin (WI); Richard Blumenthal (CT); Cory A. Booker (NJ); Maria Cantwell (WA); Tammy Duckworth (IL); Richard J. Durbin (IL); John Fetterman (PA); John W. Hickenlooper (CO); Mazie K. Hirono (HI); Tim Kaine (VA); Amy Klobuchar (MN); Edward J. Markey (MA); Jeff Merkley (OR); Christopher Murphy (CT); Alex Padilla (CA); Jack Reed (RI); Bernard Sanders (VT); Brian Schatz (HI); Adam B. Schiff (CA); Tina Smith (MN); Chris Van Hollen (MD); Elizabeth Warren (MA); Sheldon Whitehouse (RI); Ron Wyden (OR); Angela D. Alsobrooks (MD)
- Committees
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Standing)
- United States Code References
- 9 U.S.C. Chapter 1
20 U.S.C. 1001
29 U.S.C. 201, 203, 204, 206, 207, 210, 211, 215, 216, 217 and 255