H. R. 5048
Introduced in House · August 27, 2025August 26, 2025
Mr. Magaziner (for himself, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carson, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Chu, Ms. Perez, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Balint, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for increased criminal and civil penalties for wage theft.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Don’t Stand for Taking Employed Americans’ Livings Act” or the “Don’t STEAL Act”.