119th Congress Endorsed Bills
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-02)
Summary: The Tax Fairness for Workers Act would restore workers’ ability to deduct the cost of their union dues and common employment expenses, which were stripped away in the 2017 Trump tax law. Specifically, the bill would establish an above-the-line deduction to allow workers’ to deduct the cost of their union dues even if they don’t itemize their federal taxes, as well as allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for employees’ unreimbursed work expenses, such as travel and uniform costs.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03)
Bill Summary: The Raise the Wage Act would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028, index future increases in the federal minimum wage to median wage growth, phase out subminimum wage for tipped workers and youth workers, and end subminimum wage certificates for workers with disabilities.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA-17)
Bill Summary: The Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act prevents an employer from terminating health care coverage for workers who are on strike or locked out.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35)
Bill Summary: The Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025 repeals the existing restriction on striking workers from receiving SNAP benefits.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Joe Courtney (CT-02)
Bill Summary: The Protecting America’s Workers Act strengthens and modernizes OSHA by ensuring employers address hazardous working conditions, protect whistleblowers from retaliation, and hold unscrupulous employers accountable for OSHA violations that harm workers.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28)
Bill Summary: The Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025 directs OSHA to establish a permanent, federal standard to protect workers against occupational exposure to excessive heat, both in indoor and outdoor environments.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13)
Bill Summary: The LEAP Act provides a $1,500 federal tax credit for businesses hiring new registered apprentices.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-37)
Bill Summary: The No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act eliminates the tax incentives created by the 2017 GOP tax law to export jobs and profits offshore by establishing a lower tax rate for multinational investments made overseas that is half that for domestic investments. Specifically, the bill sets the minimum tax on the foreign profits of multinationals equal to the statutory corporate tax rate on domestic profits and applies that rate to a similar base – putting the U.S. on par with the EU, UK, Korea, and others.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Bill Summary: The Paycheck Fairness Act requires employers to prove that pay disparities exist for legitimate, job-related reasons, bans retaliation against workers who discuss their wages, and removes obstacles in the Equal Pay Act to facilitate participation in class action lawsuits that challenge systemic pay discrimination.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02)
Bill Summary: The Protected Time Off Act allows all employees to accrue one hour of paid vacation leave for every 25 hours they work. Full-time employees would accrue 2 weeks of annual leave per year. This leave would be provided in addition to any paid sick leave or family and medical leave.