H.R. 4548: WAGE Act

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H.R. 4548: WAGE Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-05 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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WAGE Act

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Workplace Action for a Growing Economy Act or the WAGE Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to award back pay and additional damages to any employee whose rights under the NLRA have been violated by an employer; impose penalties upon an employer for failing to post a notice of the rights of their employees under the NLRA; impose penalties upon an employer whose violations of the NLRA result in the discharge of an employee or other serious economic harm to the employee; provide civil remedies, including restraining orders, and a private right of action for violations of the NLRA; require the NLRB to issue an order requiring collective bargaining when a majority of valid ballots have been cast in favor of union representation; prevent the classification of employees as supervisors for the purpose of denying such employees the protections of the NLRA; and expedite the establishment of initial collective bargaining agreements. The bill empowers the NLRB to enforce its own orders without petitioning a court for enforcement.

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Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · 115 cosponsors

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Mark Takano (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Al Green (D-TX), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), William R. Keating (D-MA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Joe Courtney (D-CT) and 55 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] reported raising $882,179 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4548.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4548 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115