2021-2022 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB7701: Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act of 2022
Legislative Summary
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.
Bill History
5/10/2022
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
5/10/2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
House of Representatives
5/18/2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
5/18/2022
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 19.
House of Representatives
10/7/2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-540.
House of Representatives
10/7/2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 388.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(5/10/2022)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 45
Independent: 1
Primary Sponsor
Rosa DeLauro
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (45)
Robert Scott
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Mark DeSaulnier
Democrat
Barbara Lee
Democrat
Gregorio Sablan
Independent
James McGovern
Democrat
Marie Newman
Democrat
Katie Porter
Democrat
Mondaire Jones
Democrat
Nanette Barragan
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat
Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
Sara Jacobs
Democrat
John Larson
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Frederica Wilson
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Michael San Nicolas
Democrat
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Democrat
Jamaal Bowman
Democrat
Bobby Rush
Democrat
Sylvia Garcia
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
Mark Takano
Democrat
Alma Adams
Democrat
Bonnie Coleman
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Haley Stevens
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Danny Davis
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Rebecca Sherrill
Democrat
Mark Pocan
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
Raul Grijalva
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Karen Bass
Democrat
Donald Norcross
Democrat
David Cicilline
Democrat
Betty McCollum
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Democrat