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H.R. 1074: Protecting America’s Workers Act

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H.R. 1074: Protecting America’s Workers Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-07 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Protecting America’s Workers Act

Plain summary

Protecting America's Workers Act This bill expands the coverage of requirements governing workplace safety and health to include protection for federal, state, and local government employees. However, the bill does not cover working conditions otherwise covered by federal requirements for mine safety and health. The bill revises requirements governing worker protection, including by expanding protections for whistle-blowers, such as protections for employees who refuse to perform work because they reasonably believe the work would result in serious injury or illness and for employees who aid inspections; directing employers to furnish a hazard-free place of employment to all individuals performing work, not just employees; directing employers to report work-related deaths or certain injuries, illnesses, or hospitalizations; requiring the Department of Labor to investigate fatalities or significant incidents in the workplace; establishing rights for victims, or representatives of victims, with respect to inspections or investigations of work-related bodily injuries or deaths; setting the permitted period for employers to correct serious, willful, or repeated violations while citations for the violations are being contested; increasing civil and criminal penalties for certain violations; expanding enforcement requirements relating to state occupational safety and health plans; expanding requirements for workplace health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; and requiring Labor to provide training programs concerning employee rights and employer responsibilities.

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Official text

Protecting America’s Workers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · 44 cosponsors

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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Susie Lee (D-NV), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] reported raising $966,514 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1074 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116