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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 240 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the |
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| 6 | 6 | | preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ENNEY(for herself, Mr. LANGWORTHY, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced |
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| 11 | 11 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide |
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| 15 | 15 | | for the preemption of certain State overtime laws for |
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| 16 | 16 | | agricultural employees. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Local Farms 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE OVERTIME LAWS 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 18 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (29 U.S.C. 218) is amended— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 240 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘No provision 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of this Act or of any order thereunder’’ and insert-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ing ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (c), no provi-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | sion of this Act or of any order thereunder’’; and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(c) The provisions of this Act shall preempt any 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | State law that provides for a maximum workweek for em-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ployees employed in agriculture of less than 60 hours.’’. 8 |
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