Bills About Labor And Employment Sponsored by Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)

Sen. Sanders sponsored 35 bills about labor and employment in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Jan. 21, 2020 S.3219 A bill to ensure full labor protections for graduate student workers, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 23, 2019 S.1666 A bill to establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative, and for other purposes. 7
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan. 16, 2019 S.150 A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes. 32
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 9, 2018 S.2810 A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, and for other purposes. 16
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 19, 2017 S.1590 A bill to provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 25, 2017 S.1242 A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes. 31
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 10, 2017 S.1081 A bill to establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative, and for other purposes. 6
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 9, 2017 S.1076 A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain provisions relating to multiemployer pensions, and for other purposes. 9
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec. 10, 2015 S.2398 A bill to provide benefits and services to workers who have lost their jobs or have experienced a reduction in wages or hours due to the transition to clean energy, to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct. 6, 2015 S.2142 A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, and for other purposes. 11
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 22, 2015 S.1832 A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage. 5
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 18, 2015 S.1631 A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain provisions relating to multiemployer pensions, and for other purposes. 10
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 11, 2015 S.1564 A bill to require that employers provide not less than 10 days of paid vacation time to eligible employees, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4108-4109)
June 4, 2015 S.1506 A bill to provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 16, 2014 S.2832 A bill to provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 2, 2014 S.2411 A bill to provide for the establishment of the United States Employee Ownership Bank, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
June 2, 2014 S.2412 A bill to establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 13, 2013 S.1170 A bill to provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 23, 2012 S.3419 A bill to provide for the establishment of the United States Employee Ownership Bank, and for other purposes. 4
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
July 23, 2012 S.3421 A bill to establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative, and for other purposes. 4
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 18, 2009 S.2909 A bill to provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States, and for other purposes. 5
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 18, 2009 S.2914 A bill to provide for the establishment of the United States Employee Ownership Bank, and for other purposes. 3
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Oct. 7, 2005 H.R.4052 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect pension benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 80
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
March 3, 2004 H.R.3888 To prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their United States workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance, and for other purposes. 70
Bipartisan
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2724)
April 8, 2003 H.R.1677 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect pension benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 138
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 20, 2002 H.R.4778 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for more effective enforcement by the Department of Labor of the requirements of such title relating to participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding. 44
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
June 12, 2001 H.R.2134 To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the phase-in limitation applicable to the guarantee under such title of benefit improvements made prior to plan termination. 36
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Aug. 2, 2001 H.R.2812 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage to the value it had in 1968, and to provide for increases in such wage based on the cost of living. 24
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
March 24, 1999 H.R.1277 To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to establish the National Public Employment Relations Commission, and to amend title I of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans. 0
All Independent Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
June 23, 1997 H.R.2012 To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to establish the National Public Employment Relations Commission, and to amend title I of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans. 0
All Independent Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
July 28, 1997 H.R.2278 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage and to provide for an increase in such wage based on the cost of living. 0
All Independent Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
March 29, 1995 H.R.1355 To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to establish the National Public Employment Relations Commission, and to amend title I of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans. 19
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jan. 4, 1995 H.R.363 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage and to provide for an increase in such wage based on the cost of living. 32
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Sept. 28, 1994 H.R.5126 To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to establish the National Public Employment Relations Commission, and to amend title I of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Jan. 27, 1993 H.R.692 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage and to provide for an increase in such wage based on the cost of living. 50
All Democrats
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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