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S 1542 113th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor-management relations Wages and earnings

RAISE Act

Introduced: September 24, 2013 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 24, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 24, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or RAISE Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for.

What's happening now September 24, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1542: RAISE Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1542/
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"S. 1542: RAISE Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1542/.
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