H.R. 5048
119th Congress
House
Don’t STEAL Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for increased criminal and civil penalties for wage theft.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Aug 26, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
7
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Cosponsors
28
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
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Casar, Greg
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Wilson, Frederica S.
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Ansari, Yassamin
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Larson, John B.
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Latimer, George
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Balint, Becca
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Boyle, Brendan F.
D
Carson, André
D
Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
D
Chu, Judy
D
Dingell, Debbie
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Goldman, Daniel S.
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Jackson, Jonathan L.
D
Khanna, Ro
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Norcross, Donald
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp
D
Pocan, Mark
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
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Stansbury, Melanie A.
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Sykes, Emilia Strong
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Tlaib, Rashida
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Tokuda, Jill N.
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5048: Don’t STEAL Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5048/
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