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Protect Local Farms Act

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Introduced:
Jan 7, 2025
Policy Area:
Labor and Employment

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Actions
3
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
4
Subjects
1
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Jan 7, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 7, 2025 00
<p><strong>Protect Local Farms Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) preempts any state law that establishes a maximum workweek (i.e., the maximum number of hours an employee is permitted to work without receiving overtime pay) of less than 60 hours for agricultural employees. </p><p>Under the FLSA, agricultural employees are generally exempt from&nbsp;federal overtime requirements.&nbsp;However, federal overtime requirements currently do not preempt state&nbsp;laws that provide greater protections to employees.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 7, 2025

Subjects (4)

Labor and Employment (Policy Area) Labor standards State and local government operations Wages and earnings

Cosponsors (3)

Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
(R-NY)
Apr 7, 2025
Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
(R-CA)
Jan 7, 2025
Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
(R-NY)
Jan 7, 2025

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 7, 2025
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Length: 1,643 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 7, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:17 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 240 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 240

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the
preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 7, 2025

Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Langworthy, and Mr. LaMalfa) 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 provide for the
preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Local Farms Act''.
SEC. 2.
EMPLOYEES.
Section 18 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.
is amended--

(1) in subsection

(a) , by striking ``No provision of this
Act or of any order thereunder'' and inserting ``Except as
provided in subsection
(c) , no provision of this Act or of any
order thereunder''; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:
``
(c) The provisions of this Act shall preempt any State law that
provides for a maximum workweek for employees employed in agriculture
of less than 60 hours.''.
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