H.R. 5565: WE Work Act
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H.R. 5565: WE Work Act
115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
WE Work Act
Plain 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.
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Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · 23 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bill Foster (D-IL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5565.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr5565 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115