House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LET’S Protect Workers Act
Official title: To safeguard the rights of workers and protect children by responsibly increasing civil monetary penalties and other means.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Scott D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6597.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 208, December 10, 2025, Page H5562):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6597, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6597
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
80 cosponsors — 80 Democrats
0 of 80 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 6893 (119th) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
- H.Res. 435 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly.
- H.Res. 237 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of…
- H.R. 20 (119th) Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- H.R. 2743 (119th) Raise the Wage Act of 2025
- H.R. 1954 (119th) Do No Harm Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.