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