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S. 122 118th Congress Senate

Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2023

Official title: A bill to establish the Payroll Audit Independent Determination program in the Department of Labor.

Introduced: January 31, 2023 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesDepartment of LaborEmployment discrimination and employee rights
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 26, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 26, 2023
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 Latest action January 26, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2023

This bill reestablishes the Payroll Audit Independent Determination program, which is administered by the Department of Labor and allows employers to self-report federal minimum wage and overtime compensation violations as an alternative to litigation.

Employers may apply to the program by submitting certain information from a self-audit that includes calculations of any unpaid minimum or overtime wages. Labor must verify the calculations and, if the application is approved, supervise a settlement with affected employees that provides payment of any unpaid wages. Employees who accept a settlement under the program waive their private right of action to recover the unpaid wages provided under the settlement.

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  • HR 572 Identical bill Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2023
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Jan 31, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 122: Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-122/
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"S. 122: Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-122/.
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S. 122, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-122/.
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