Endorsed Bills
Below is a list of legislation that the Congressional Labor Caucus has officially endorsed.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
Bill Summary: This legislation would prohibit price gouging and surveillance pricing by grocery stores, including “personalized price gouging” where stores use consumers’ sensitive personal information against them to raise prices. The legislation also bans the use of electronic shelf labels (ESL’s) in large stores and requires food stores to disclose the use of facial recognition technology.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
Bill Summary: This legislation would codify minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers in federal labor law.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Bill Summary: This legislation would allow all workers to earn up to 7 job protected paid sick days each year to be used to recover from their own illnesses, access preventive care, provide care to a sick family member, or attend school meetings related to a child’s health condition or disability.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Greg Landsman (OH-01)
Bill Summary: This legislation would provide $1.4 billion a year to USPS to install high security collection boxes and deploy electronic keys for letter carriers to more securely access mail boxes and direct the U.S. Attorney General to appoint Assistant U.S. Attorneys in all 94 U.S. judicial districts to lead investigations and prosecutions of crimes against USPS employees, assets, and facilities.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Bill Summary: This legislation would provide workers with up to 12 weeks of partial income when they take leave, based on a percentage of their monthly wages, up to a capped amount
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Sarah Elfreth (MD-03)
Bill Summary: This legislation would require student loans held by federal employees to be automatically put into forbearance during a government shutdown lasting longer than two weeks.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Johnny Olszewski (MD-02)
Bill Summary: This legislation would prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Hillary Scholten (MI-03)
Bill Summary: This legislation would expand the domestic content requirement by requiring that pigments used in road markings qualify under the Build America, Buy America Act.
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Bill Summary: This legislation would improve the federal regulatory system by: requiring courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of their rules; establishing rulemaking transparency; establishing rulemaking transparency; restoring the time limit for legal challenges; and empowering the public in the rulemaking process
Bill Status: Introduced | Date Last Action Taken:
Committees:
Labor Caucus Lead: Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-06)
Bill Summary: Accelerates the research and development of alternative materials for firefighter protective gear while removing harmful chemicals.