Prioritizing Our Workers Act
Latest action · Oct 16, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 5, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prioritizing Our Workers Act
This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to include as allowable administrative expenses in bankruptcy the unfunded vested benefits in a defined pension plan and certain pension obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Claims for administrative expenses are entitled to priority in bankruptcy proceedings.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 5, 2017 to Mar 20, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Oct 5, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Nov 9, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 20, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 5, 2017 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Oct 16, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- Oct 5, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 5, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 160, October 5, 2017, page H7888.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1963 | Prioritizing Our Workers Act | Identical bill | Oct 16, 2017 |
| HR 2619 | Prioritizing Our Workers Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 26, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 11, United States Code, to include certain pension as administrative expenses in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Prioritizing Our Workers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
