H.R. 6597
119th Congress
House
LET’S Protect Workers Act
Official title: To safeguard the rights of workers and protect children by responsibly increasing civil monetary penalties and other means.
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2 steps
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Dec 10, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Dec 10, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Lobbying activity
14
- AFL-CIO
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS
- AFL-CIO
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSPORTATION WORKERS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Education, Dept of
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- White House Office
- Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
- Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Cosponsors
80
D
Beyer, Donald S.
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Amo, Gabe
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Courtney, Joe
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
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Bell, Wesley
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McClain Delaney, April
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Raskin, Jamie
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Boyle, Brendan F.
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Brown, Shontel M.
D
Brownley, Julia
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Adams, Alma S.
D
Ansari, Yassamin
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Bonamici, Suzanne
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Budzinski, Nikki
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Carson, André
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Carter, Troy A.
D
Casar, Greg
D
Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
D
Chu, Judy
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Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
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Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Craig, Angie
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Davis, Danny K.
D
Deluzio, Christopher R.
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DeSaulnier, Mark
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Dexter, Maxine
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Dingell, Debbie
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Elfreth, Sarah
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Evans, Dwight
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Foushee, Valerie P.
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Frankel, Lois
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Garamendi, John
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
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Goldman, Daniel S.
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Hayes, Jahana
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Horsford, Steven
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Houlahan, Chrissy
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Hoyle, Val T.
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Ivey, Glenn
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
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Kelly, Robin L.
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Kennedy, Timothy M.
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
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Landsman, Greg
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Lee, Summer L.
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Leger Fernandez, Teresa
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Lieu, Ted
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Lynch, Stephen F.
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Magaziner, Seth
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Mannion, John W.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6597: LET’S Protect Workers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6597/
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