To direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the database relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is language accessible, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1543
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2023-03-10
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Labor to ensure its database with information relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is publicly accessible in at least eight of the most commonly spoken languages in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1543 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2023 Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Allred , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Norton , Mr. Soto , Mr. Veasey , and Mr. Green of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the database relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is language accessible, and for other purposes.

1. Language accessiblity of database of investigations under Fair Labor Standards Act In maintaining the database containing information relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 202 et seq. ), as required pursuant to the amendments made by the OPEN Government Data Act, the Secretary of Labor shall ensure that the information in such database is publicly accessible in at least 8 of the most commonly spoken languages in the United States, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.