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Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to remove the overtime wages exemption for certain employees, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to remove the overtime wages exemption for certain employees. Specifically, it strikes paragraph (1) of Section 13(b), which currently exempts motor carrier employees from federal overtime requirements. The effect is to make motor carrier employees, including truck drivers, eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours per week. These employees would then be entitled to overtime compensation at one and a half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked beyond 40 hours per week.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jefferson Van Drew’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $176,557
- ENTREPRENEUR $70,972
- PULSE VASCULAR $9,900
- ICONA RESORTS $9,900
- MONZO CATANESE HILLEGASS $9,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jefferson Van Drew → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Mr. Takano) 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 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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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). <all>
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