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HR 1543 118th Congress House Labor and Employment

To direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the database relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is language accessible, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 10, 2023 Introduced by: Garcia, Sylvia R. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 10, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Labor to ensure its database with information relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is publicly accessible in at least eight of the most commonly spoken languages in the United States.

What's happening now March 10, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5
Allred, Colin
· Mar 10, 2023
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Mar 10, 2023
Lee, Barbara
· Mar 10, 2023
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 10, 2023
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 10, 2023
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 10, 2023
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Mar 10, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1543: To direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the database relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is language accessible, and for other purposes.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1543/
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"H.R. 1543: To direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the database relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is language accessible, and for other purposes.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1543/.
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H.R. 1543, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1543/.
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[H.R. 1543: To direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the database relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is language accessible, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1543/)
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