3.0.0 5073 2022-11-01T05:17:27Z 2022-11-01T05:17:27Z House HR 2019-11-13 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ:H.R. 5073.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H8827]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-11-13T15:00:20Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-11-13T15:00:15Z 2020-11-19 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2019-11-13 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-11-13 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2019-11-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-11-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress O000172 Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D NY 14 N M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2019-11-13 True G000587 Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] Sylvia Garcia D TX R. 29 2019-11-13 True T000481 Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13] Rashida Tlaib D MI 13 2019-11-13 True N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 32 2019-11-13 True G000586 Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] Jesus Garcia D IL G. 4 2019-11-13 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2019-11-13 True Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Employee benefits and pensions Employment discrimination and employee rights Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Labor standards Labor-management relations Public contracts and procurement Wages and earnings Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-11-13 Introduced in House 2020-08-13T21:13:13Z A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act

This bill requires an employer to be scored on worker-friendliness before entering into a federal contract and establishes a contracting preference for such score.

Specifically, each executive agency shall ensure that (1) contracting officers consider the score at least approximately equal in importance to cost or price, and (2) an offeror for a prime contract does not subcontract with any entity that violates specified labor laws and executive orders.

The Department of Labor, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, shall, among other things

  • develop a method to score the worker-friendliness of each prospective contractor or subcontractor that submits a bid for a federal contract that takes into account specified factors, such as whether the employer provides paid overtime for any work that exceeds 40 hours per work week;
  • provide each executive agency with recommendations on how to evaluate such a score in making contracting decisions;
  • identify best practices for the implementation of the scoring process;
  • create a process for an employer to appeal a score;
  • review each score every five years to ensure that such score is up-to-date; and
  • enable employers that are not federal contractors to request such a score for purposes of promoting worker-friendly policies.
]]> A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act Display Title A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act Official Title as Introduced To require a score of worker-friendliness of each employer before entering into a Federal contract, to establish a contracting preference for such score, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5073ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5073ih.xml 2020-11-19 Message on Senate action sent to the House. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.