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H. Rept. 117-540 1 (2022-10-07)

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117TH CONGRESS                                                         REPORT
2d Session         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                        117-540
WAGE THEFT PREVENTION AND WAGE RECOVERY ACT
OF 2022
OCTOBER 7, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, from the Committee on Education and
Labor, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 7701]
The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 7701) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and as-
sist 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, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose  and  Sum m ary  ............................................................................................  9
C om m ittee  A ction  ...................................................................................................  9
C om m ittee  V iew s  .....................................................................................................  11
Section-by-Section  A nalysis  ....................................................................................  17
Explanation  of A m endm ents  ...................................................................................  19
Application  of Law  to  the  Legislative  Branch  .......................................................  19
U nfunded  M andate  Statem ent  ...............................................................................  19
E arm ark  Statem ent  .................................................................................................  20
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 20
Statement of Performance Goals and Objectives ..................................................  26
Duplication  of  Federal Program s  ............................................................................  26
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 26
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ......         26
New Budget Authority and CBO Cost Estimate ................................................... 26
Com  m ittee  Cost  E stim ate  .......................................................................................  26
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 27
Minority Views ......................................................................................................... 45
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