HR 5565 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

WE Work Act

Introduced Apr 18, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Brenda L. Lawrence D-MI

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Latest action · Apr 18, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 18, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Women's Equality Workforce Oversight Act or the WE Work Act

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study to determine which federal agencies have the greatest impact on women's participation in the workforce and evaluate the impact of those agencies.

Such agencies shall include, at a minimum:

  • the Department of Labor, specifically the Women's Bureau;
  • the Department of Transportation;
  • the Small Business Administration, including the Office of Women's Business Ownership; and
  • any apprenticeship program that receives funding from a federal agency.

The study shall examine, among other things, each agency's policies and procedures for improving the participation of women in the workforce and shall also include an analysis of specific barriers to such participation.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2018 to May 25, 2018; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-NVDina TitusOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-TNJim CooperOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-CAKaren BassOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalApr 18, 2018
D-ILBill FosterMay 25, 2018
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloMay 25, 2018
D-ALTerri A. SewellMay 25, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 18, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Apr 18, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 18: allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States. The Supreme Court has held that the power to conduct oversight is implied from the general vesting of legislative powers in Congress.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 63, April 18, 2018, page H3443.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require a study of Federal agencies to determine which Federal agencies have the greatest impact on women's participation in the workforce.
Short Titles as Introduced
WE Work Act
Women's Equality Workforce Oversight Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 18, 2018Introduced in House

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