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H.R. 6557 117th Congress House

Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act

Official title: To prohibit an employer from terminating the coverage of an employee under a group health plan while the employee is engaged in a lawful strike, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 8, 2022 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Civil actions and liabilityEmployee benefits and pensionsEmployment discrimination and employee rightsHealth care costs and insuranceLabor-management relations
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Feb 2, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 2, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 2, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act

This bill prohibits an employer from terminating or significantly altering the employer-provided health insurance coverage of an employee engaged in a lawful strike. An employer that violates this prohibition is subject to a maximum civil penalty of $50,000 for each violation.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 4289 Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act
  • S 3747 Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 41
All 41 Democratic 32
D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Aug 26, 2022
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 15, 2022
 D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Jun 3, 2022
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · May 18, 2022
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · May 18, 2022
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 18, 2022
Kildee, Daniel
· May 18, 2022
Trone, David
· May 18, 2022
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · May 18, 2022
Newman, Marie
· May 12, 2022
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Mar 7, 2022
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 7, 2022
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 7, 2022
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 7, 2022
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Mar 2, 2022
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 11, 2022
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Feb 11, 2022
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 11, 2022
Lamb, Conor
· Feb 9, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Feb 8, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 8, 2022
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Feb 8, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 7, 2022
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Feb 7, 2022
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 7, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 7, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 4, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 2, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· Feb 2, 2022
Levin, Andy
· Feb 2, 2022
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 2, 2022
Pascrell, Bill
· Feb 2, 2022
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 2, 2022
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Feb 2, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6557: Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6557/
MLA
"H.R. 6557: Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6557/.
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H.R. 6557, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6557/.
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