HR7524-119

In Committee

Older Workers’ Bureau Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 12, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Older Workers’ Bureau Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Government Operations, Social Welfare.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H88B931928F60416D8F1D3900C83BED23: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Older Workers’ Bureau Act.
  • Section HBE7B697C7857443DB29BF58EC210E24C: 2. Findings; purpose Congress finds the following: Of the 5,350,000 workers expected to be added to the United States Workforce over the next 10 years,...
  • Section HE11524DABB2940FB9934A8EE8AAF5950: 3. Definitions For the purposes of this Act: The term Bureau means the Older Workers’ Bureau established under section 4(a). The term Director means the...
  • Section H7D3D5406DE944DCF981B2462822B3F4C: 4. Older Worker’s Bureau There is established in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Older Workers’ Bureau, which shall be under the direction...
  • Section H0D2D0E283E54499FAF48226D241AAED1: 5. Research grants Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Bureau is operational, the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall carry out a...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Older Workers’ Bureau Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Government Operations, Social Welfare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Older Workers’ Bureau Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Government Operations Social Welfare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 12, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 12, 2026

Mr. Beyer (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, and Ms. Garcia of …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Government Operations Social Welfare
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Bureau" §HE11524DABB2940FB9934A8EE8AAF5950

the Older Workers’ Bureau established under section 4(a). The term Director means the Director of the Older Workers’ Bureau. The term older worker means an individual who— is not younger than 55 years of age

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