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Restoring Worker Power Act of 2020

Introduced: July 16, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 8, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Aug 7, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 16, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring Worker Power Act of 2020

This bill establishes various requirements related to temporary workers, including providing such workers with (1) wages that are not less than those of permanent employees performing substantially similar work, (2) descriptions of work assignments, and (3) itemized statements of wages.

What's happening now September 8, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 10
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 11
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 11, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Aug 28, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Aug 28, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Aug 18, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Aug 18, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 18, 2020
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Aug 18, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Aug 4, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Aug 4, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 30, 2020
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7638: Restoring Worker Power Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7638/
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"H.R. 7638: Restoring Worker Power Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7638/.
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H.R. 7638, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7638/.
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