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HR2270Referred to Committee

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-21
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Mark B. Messmer
Mark B. Messmer
Republican · IN · Representative
Votes with party: 99.2% (595 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001233

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (8)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

8 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

2026-01-13

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Previously

  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceUnknown · 2026-01-13
  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceReported By · 2025-12-18
  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceMarkup By · 2025-04-09
  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2025-03-21

Plain-English Summary

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay. Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. This rate is an average hourly rate that must include certain types of pay, such as commissions. The bill specifies that an employer can provide or pay for child or dependent care services without the value of the services being included in this calculation.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Labor and Employment
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