H.R.7517 - Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act was cosponsored by Henry Johnson, Mondaire Jones, Eleanor Norton, Mark Pocan, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib and Jefferson Van Drew.
It was referred to the Education and Labor committee.
This bill requires employers of commercial truck drivers to provide overtime pay to such drivers engaged in a workweek longer than 40 hours.
117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to remove the overtime wages exemption for certain employees, and for other purposes.
April 14, 2022
Mr. Levin of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Van Drew) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to remove the overtime wages exemption for certain employees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.
Section 13(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (1).
You can read the bill here.
