House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting America’s Workers Act
Official title: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3036.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 70, April 28, 2025, Page H1684):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3036, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3036
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
42 cosponsors — 42 Democrats
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Delia Ramirez (D-IL) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.
- H.R. 2531 (119th) Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- H.J.Res. 155 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 3954 (119th) Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1209 (119th) Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April as a celebration of more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United…
- H.Res. 340 (119th) Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April 2025 as a celebration of the more than 1,000 community colleges…
- H.R. 10360 (119th) Safeguarding Taxpayer Investment for Executive Airlift Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 4413 (119th) Protecting America’s Workers ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.