H. Res. 702
118th Congress
House
Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to protect the rights of restaurant workers.
Labor and Employment
Child care and developmentCitizenship and naturalizationComprehensive health careEmployee benefits and pensions
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Employee leaveEmployment discrimination and employee rightsLabor standardsLabor-management relationsUnemploymentVoting rightsWages and earningsWorker safety and health
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Sep 26, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Sep 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 19, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Oversight and Accountability, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, 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.
Sep 19, 2023
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Plain-English summary
This resolution expresses that it is the duty of the federal government to develop a restaurant worker bill of rights, which includes the rights to (1) a thriving life, (2) healing and rest, (3) a safe and dignified workplace, (4) health care and bodily autonomy, and (5) participation in governance. The resolution also specifies how the federal government should implement these rights.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
14
- Agriculture Committee
- Armed Services Committee
- Committee on House Administration
- Education and Workforce Committee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Financial Services Committee
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Health Subcommittee
- Judiciary Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors
20
D
Thanedar, Shri
D
Green, Al
D
Lee, Summer L.
Bowman, Jamaal
Bush, Cori
D
Carter, Troy A.
D
Casar, Greg
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Jackson Lee, Sheila
Lee, Barbara
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Omar, Ilhan
D
Pressley, Ayanna
D
Ramirez, Delia C.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
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