119-hr2262

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2262 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2262

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain 
 activities from hours worked, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 21, 2025

 Mrs. Hinson (for herself, Ms. Letlow, and Mr. Messmer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain 
 activities from hours worked, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Flexibility for Workers Education 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ATTENDANCE OR PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--

Section 3

    (o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203

    (o) ) is amended to read as follows:
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    (o) Hours Worked.--In determining for the purposes of sections 6 
and 7 the hours for which an employee is employed, there shall be 
excluded--
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    (1) any time spent in changing clothes or washing at the 
 beginning or end of each workday which was excluded from 
 measured working time during the week involved by the express 
 terms of or by custom or practice under a bona fide collective-
 bargaining agreement applicable to the particular employee; and
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    (2) any time spent attending or participating in 
 lectures, education or training programs, and similar 
 activities, regardless of whether the activity is offered or 
 facilitated by the employer, provided that--
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        (A) such attendance or participation occurs 
 outside of the employee's regular working hours;
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        (B) such attendance or participation is voluntary 
 and the continuation of employment and the working 
 conditions related to such employment is not adversely 
 affected by non-attendance or non-participation; and
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            (C) the employee does not perform any productive 
 work for the employer during such attendance or 
 participation.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection

    (a) shall 
apply with respect to hours worked on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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