Bills About Labor And Employment Sponsored by Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

Sen. Brown sponsored 30 bills about labor and employment in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Nov. 21, 2019	S.2938	A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to support workers who are subject to an employment loss, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 11, 2019	S.2468	A bill to require employers to provide training to employees whose jobs are in danger of being changed or replaced due to technology, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 24, 2019	S.2254	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.	39	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 11, 2019	S.1786	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold every 3 years.	20	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 5, 2019	S.664	A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the requirements for meeting the definition of the term "employee", and for other purposes.	8	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 19, 2018	S.3795	A bill to amend the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the electronic delivery of pension plan information.	5	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 11, 2018	S.2646	A bill to establish a pilot program administered by the Secretary of Labor, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to award competitive grants to counties (or other equivalent entities) and Tribal entities to administer combined workforce training and drug addiction treatment and recovery programs, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov. 16, 2017	S.2147	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.	24	All Democrats	Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-161.
Nov. 30, 2017	S.2177	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold every 3 years.	12	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov. 2, 2017	S.2069	A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the requirements for meeting the definition of the term "employee", and for other purposes.	8	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 29, 2017	S.CON.RES.20	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.	16	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3865-3866)
April 4, 2016	S.2741	A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to permit the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of Labor to elect not to recoup benefits overpayments.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 12, 2015	S.RES.77	A resolution designating Friday, February 13, 2015, as "$2.13 Day".	7	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1008)
Feb. 12, 2014	S.RES.356	A resolution designating February 13, 2014, as "$2.13 Day".	17	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S957-958)
June 26, 2013	S.1226	A bill to promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.	5	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 14, 2012	S.3297	A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 14, 2012	S.2108	A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for the establishment of Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 8, 2011	S.770	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 29, 2011	S.665	A bill to promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.	7	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 22, 2010	S.3254	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to provide a special penalty for persons who misclassify employees as non-employees, and for other purposes.	8	All Democrats	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1146.
June 16, 2010	S.3500	A bill to provide funds to States, units of general local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 25, 2010	S.3178	A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for the establishment of Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model.	7	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct. 20, 2009	S.1800	A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to as "Fernald") or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in Ohio.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 25, 2009	S.1374	A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation, and for other purposes.	6	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 18, 2009	S.1063	A bill to amend the USEC Privatization Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to pay affected participants under a pension plan referred to in the USEC Privatization Act for benefit increases not received.	0	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
April 2, 2009	S.813	A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 1, 2009	S.777	A bill to promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.	8	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4192-4195)
July 30, 2008	S.3368	A bill to promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7786-7789)
July 16, 2007	S.1792	A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to improve such Act.	9	All Democrats	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12134-12135)
March 1, 1994	H.RES.372	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning providing as part of health care reform financial incentives to promote worksite health promotion programs.	17	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

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