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2023-09-12
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5402
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DeLAURO:H.R. 5402.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with thepower to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and amongthe several states, and with the Indian tribes.''The single subject of this legislation is:This bill will strengthen fundamental protections thatallow workers to get the money they have earned through hardwork, and it will crack down on corporations that subjectworkers to these abuses.[Page H4264]
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Standing
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- Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
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2023-09-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  - Identical bill
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- 2023-09-12
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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2023-09-12
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2023-09-12
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2023-09-12
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2023-09-12
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2023-09-12
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2023-09-12
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2023-09-18
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2023-09-18
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2023-09-18
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2023-09-19
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Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
2023-09-22T20:45:24Z

Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
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Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
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Introduced in House
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- Official Title as Introduced
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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.
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Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2023-09-12T04:00:00Z
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