US Congress House Bill 1334 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-05 - Referred to House Education and Labor
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act - Requires the federal government and any employer under a federal contract or subcontract exceeding $10,000 to pay each of their respective workers: (1) an hourly wage (or salary equivalent) necessary for such employee to earn, while working 40 hours a week on a full-time basis, not less than the amount of the federal poverty level for a family of four; and (2) an additional amount, based on the locality in which a worker resides, sufficient to cover the costs to such worker to obtain specified fringe benefits not provided by the worker's employer. Exempts employers that are: (1) small business concerns; or (2) nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, if the ratio of the total compensation of the chief executive officer to that of the full-time equivalent of their lowest-paid employee is not greater than 25 to 1. Directs the Secretary of Labor to enforce this Act. Makes federal contractors that are part of a pattern or practice of violations of such wage requirements subject to federal contract suspension, a five-year ineligibility period, and liability for government costs of obtaining a replacement contractor. Provides for judicial review of the Secretary's determinations, and authorizes the President to suspend the provisions of this Act in times of emergency. Allows an aggrieved worker to bring a civil action against an employer for appropriate relief for a violation of this Act, if the employer has not paid or reinstated the worker as a result of the administrative action.

Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-05		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-03-05		Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2009-03-05		Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
2009-03-05		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E580)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1334/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1334/BILLS-111hr1334ih.pdf