I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5004 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 8, 2019 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Lowenthal , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mr. Pascrell , Mrs. Dingell , Ms. Norton , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Omar , Mr. Kildee , Ms. Eshoo , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Ryan , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Jayapal , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. McGovern , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Pallone , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Langevin , Ms. Pingree , and Ms. Roybal-Allard ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor , and in addition to the Committees on House Administration , Oversight and Reform , and the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.