H.R. 8583: Justice for Dislocated Workers Act
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H.R. 8583: Justice for Dislocated Workers Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-10-13 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-10-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Justice for Dislocated Workers Act
Plain summary
Justice for Dislocated Workers Act This bill expands the notification requirement for plant closures and mass layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to include notices to Members of Congress. The bill provides that an employer's notice of a plant closing or mass layoff shall not be considered valid unless the employer, prior to serving such notice, covers the cost of an economic impact study to assess the economic impact of such an order. An employer who is not experiencing economic hardship and who orders a plant closing or mass layoff must make payments to the Impacted Workers Fund, created by this bill, to cover the financial losses of states resulting from such an order.
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Official text
Justice for Dislocated Workers Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] reported raising $721,776 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8583.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr8583 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116