House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and assist in the recovery of stolen wages, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rosa DeLauro D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9458.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeLAURO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9458, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John Larson (D-CT), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.