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H.R. 2387 115th Congress House

Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act

Official title: To establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 8, 2017 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Corporate finance and managementDepartment of LaborEmployee benefits and pensionsExecutive agency funding and structureLabor-management relations
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May 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 4, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 4, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to: (1) establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) establish a program that may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs to foster employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 8, 2017
Delaney, John
· May 4, 2017
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2387: Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2387/
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"H.R. 2387: Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2387/.
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H.R. 2387, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2387/.
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