Bill H.R.7701 titled “Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act” was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro with Alma Adams, Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Suzanne Bonamici, Jamaal Bowman, Andre Carson, David Cicilline, Danny Davis, Mark Desaulnier, Dwight Evans, Sylvia Garcia, Raúl Grijalva, Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, Henry Johnson, Mondaire Jones, John Larson, Barbara Lee, James Mcgovern, Grace Meng, Kweisi Mfume, Jerrold Nadler, Marie Newman, Donald Norcross, Eleanor Norton, Ilhan Omar, Mark Pocan, Katie Porter, Jamie Raskin, Bobby Rush, Gregorio Sablan, Michael San Nicolas, Mary Scanlon, Janice Schakowsky, Robert Scott, Mikie Sherrill, Haley Stevens, Mark Takano, Rashida Tlaib, Nydia Velazquez, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Frederica Wilson as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7702 titled “To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a craniofacial, oral, or maxillofacial congenital anomaly or birth defect” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor and Ways and Means 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Neal Dunn with H. Griffith as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.7709 titled “To authorize programs to provide college scholarships and educational support to women and girls who have escaped Afghanistan and come to the United States, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney with Alma Adams, Jake Auchincloss, Nanette Barragan, Suzanne Bonamici, Jamaal Bowman, Shontel Brown, Tony Cárdenas, Yvette Clarke, Val Demings, Lloyd Doggett, Veronica Escobar, Anna Eshoo, Adriano Espaillat, Jimmy Gomez, Brian Higgins, Sara Jacobs, Henry Johnson, Ro Khanna, Ted Lieu, Alan Lowenthal, Stephen Lynch, Betty Mccollum, James Mcgovern, Seth Moulton, Marie Newman, Eleanor Norton, Tom O'halleran, Ilhan Omar, Donald Payne, Ayanna Pressley, Deborah Ross, Mary Scanlon, Mikie Sherrill, Albio Sires, Elissa Slotkin, Darren Soto, Jackie Speier, Thomas Suozzi, Eric Swalwell, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Juan Vargas, Nydia Velazquez, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Peter Welch as cosponsors.
Bill H.Res.1101 titled “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the safe and responsible development of its energy resources via drilling, in an effort to maintain a robust energy supply chain that promotes national security, safeguards against energy scarcity, and reduces energy poverty for all Americans”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Fred Keller with Jodey Arrington, Troy Balderson, Dan Bishop, Mike Bost, Ken Buck, Liz Cheney, Rodney Davis, Jake Ellzey, Tom Emmer, Michelle Fischbach, Yvette Herrell, Mike Kelly, Doug Lamalfa, Tracey Mann, David Mckinley, Dan Newhouse, August Pfluger, Pete Stauber, David Valadao, Roger Williams as cosponsors.
The Education and Labor Committee moves forward in some way on two bills per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. | House of Representatives |
| To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a craniofacial, oral, or maxillofacial congenital anomaly or birth defect. | Rep. Dunn, Neal P. | House of Representatives |
| To authorize programs to provide college scholarships and educational support to women and girls who have escaped Afghanistan and come to the United States, and for other purposes. | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. | House of Representatives |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the safe and responsible development of its energy resources via drilling, in an effort to maintain a robust energy supply chain that promotes national security, safeguards against energy scarcity, and reduces energy poverty for all Americans. | Rep. Keller, Fred |
