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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2270 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and |
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| 6 | 6 | | dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute |
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| 7 | 7 | | overtime compensation. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | ESSMER(for himself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. HARDER |
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| 12 | 12 | | of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude |
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| 16 | 16 | | child and dependent care services and payments from |
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| 17 | 17 | | the rate used to compute overtime compensation. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Empowering Employer 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Child and Elder Care Solutions Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CHILD CARE IN COMPUTING OVER-6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | TIME COMPENSATION. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) I |
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| 26 | 26 | | NGENERAL.—Section 7(e) of the Fair Labor 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(e)) is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 2270 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘payments or 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | reimbursements for child or dependent care serv-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ices;’’ after ‘‘by the employer;’’; 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | end; 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) in paragraph (8)(D)(ii), by striking the pe-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(9) the value of any child or dependent care 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | services provided by an employer.’’. 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) E |
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| 42 | 42 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsection (a) shall apply with respect to overtime com-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | pensation required to be paid for workweeks beginning on 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | or after the date of enactment of this Act. 14 |
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