United States House Education Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

The House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections is a standing subcommittee within the United States House Committee on Education and Labor.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee's jurisdiction includes:

• Wages and hours of workers, including but not limited to the Davis-Bacon Act, the Walsh-Healey Act, the McNamara–O'Hara Service Contract Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act
• Workers’ compensation, including but not limited to the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, and the Black Lung Benefits Act
• The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
• The Family and Medical Leave Act
• The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
• The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988
• Trade, international labor rights, and immigration issues as they affect employers and workers; and workers’ safety and health, including but not limited to occupational safety and health, mine safety and health, and migrant and agricultural worker safety and health.

Members, 119th Congress

Majority	Minority
Ryan Mackenzie, Pennsylvania, Chair Mark Messmer, Indiana, Vice Chair Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin Elise Stefanik, New York James Comer, Kentucky Mary Miller, Illinois	Ilhan Omar, Minnesota, Ranking Member Haley Stevens, Michigan Greg Casar, Texas Mark Takano, California
Ex officio
Tim Walberg, Michigan	Bobby Scott, Virginia

Historical membership rosters

115th Congress

Majority	Minority
Bradley Byrne, Alabama, Chairman Joe Wilson, South Carolina Duncan D. Hunter, California Dave Brat, Virginia Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin Elise Stefanik, New York Francis Rooney, Florida Drew Ferguson, Georgia	Mark Takano, California, Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva, Arizona Alma Adams, North Carolina Mark DeSaulnier, California Donald Norcross, New Jersey Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Carol Shea Porter, New Hampshire
Ex officio
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina	Bobby Scott, Virginia

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Alma Adams, North Carolina, Chair Mark Takano, California Mark DeSaulnier, California Pramila Jayapal, Washington Susan Wild, Pennsylvania Lucy McBath, Georgia Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Haley Stevens, Michigan	Bradley Byrne, Alabama, Ranking Member Francis Rooney, Florida Mark Walker, North Carolina Ben Cline, Virginia Ron Wright, Texas
Ex officio
Bobby Scott, Virginia	Virginia Foxx, North Carolina

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
Alma Adams, North Carolina, Chair Mark Takano, California Donald Norcross, New Jersey Pramila Jayapal, Washington Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Haley Stevens, Michigan Mondaire Jones, New York John Yarmuth, Kentucky	Fred Keller, Pennsylvania, Ranking Member Elise Stefanik, New York Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa Burgess Owens, Utah Bob Good, Virginia Madison Cawthorn, North Carolina Michelle Steel, California
Ex officio
Bobby Scott, Virginia	Virginia Foxx, North Carolina

118th Congress

Majority	Minority
Kevin Kiley, California, Chair Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin Elise Stefanik, New York James Comer, Kentucky Mary Miller, Illinois Eric Burlison, Missouri	Alma Adams, North Carolina, Ranking Member Mark Takano, California Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Haley Stevens, Michigan
Ex officio
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina	Bobby Scott, Virginia

References

1. "Chairman Walberg Announces Subcommittee Assignments". Committee on Education & Workforce. January 14, 2025.
2. "Ranking Member Scott Welcomes Democratic Committee Members for the 119th Congress". January 14, 2025.

External links

• Subcommittee page