Robert C. "Bobby" Scott

To prohibit discrimination based on an individual’s texture or style of hair.

To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 7.4 percent, and for other purposes.

To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

To increase the capacity of the Department of Labor and labor enforcement agencies of States to address labor violations, and for other purposes.

To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and for other purposes.

To ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as black lung disease), and for other purposes.

Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 13, 2023, as National Apprenticeship Week.

To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes.

To provide subsidized summer and year-round employment for youth who face systemic barriers to employment and viable career options and to assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates, and for other purposes.

To establish a democracy advancement and innovation program, and for other purposes.

To modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other purposes.

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not wait in long lines in order to vote, and for other purposes.

To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.

To direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.

To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants for the recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

To protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.

Expressing support for the designation of Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.