HR 9337 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Don’t STEAL Act

Introduced Aug 9, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Seth Magaziner D-RI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Aug 9, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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. IntroducedAug 9, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 9, 2024 to Nov 15, 2024; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-PADwight EvansOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-OHEmilia Strong SykesOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalAug 9, 2024
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalAug 9, 2024
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Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Aug 9, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 9, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Aug 9, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for increased criminal and civil penalties for wage theft

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 129, August 9, 2024, page H4985.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for increased criminal and civil penalties for wage theft.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Don’t STEAL Act
Don’t Stand for Taking Employed Americans’ Livings Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 9, 2024Introduced in House

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