Day Laborer Protection Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Day Laborer Protection Act - Provides that it shall be unlawful to operate a temporary help service unless a license is obtained from the Secretary of Labor. Authorizes the Secretary to set standards, to license temporary help services meeting the standards and to enforce compliance with the provisions of this Act. Requires that in order to obtain a license all employees of a temporary help service be covered by Social Security and the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, an adequate workmen's compensation plan, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Labor-Management Relation Act of 1947. Prohibits temporary help services from restricting the right of an employee to accept a permanent position with a client to whom he is referred for temporary work or to restrict the right of a client to offer such a position. Prohibits the use of temporary employees as strike breakers. Requires the Secretary to report on the implementation of this Act to Congress within one year, including his recommendations for extending unemployment benefits to employees of temporary help services. Allows an individual injured by a violation of this Act to bring an action for damages. Allows the Secretary to investigate any temporary help service. Directs such services to maintain such records as the Secretary may require.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 29, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on January 29, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
RONALD DELLUMS (D-CA) introduced it on January 29, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 29, 1973, 19582 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19582 days ago, on January 29, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers