H.R. 9458
Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
Sponsor: Rosa L. DeLauro
28 cosponsors
- Jonathan L. Jackson
- Lateefah Simon
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- John B. Larson
- Debbie Dingell
- Jill N. Tokuda
- Judy Chu
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Ilhan Omar
- Jahana Hayes
- James P. McGovern
- LaMonica McIver
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Mark Pocan
- Mark Takano
- Nikki Budzinski
- Ro Khanna
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Summer L. Lee
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Alma S. Adams
- Rashida Tlaib
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Text of the bill
I Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
II Amendments to the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
Section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. 255) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by striking minimum;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking may be commenced within two years and inserting may be commenced within 4 years;
(B) by striking unless commenced within two years and inserting unless commenced within 4 years; and
(C) by striking may be commenced within three years and inserting may be commenced within 5 years;
(3) in subsection (d), by striking the period and inserting ; and; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
(e) with respect to the running of any statutory period of limitation described in this section, the running of such statutory period shall be deemed suspended during the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Labor notifies an employer of an initiation of an investigation or enforcement action and ending on the date on which the Secretary notifies the employer that the matter has been officially resolved by the Secretary.
III Wage theft prevention and wage recovery grant program
IV Regulations and effective date