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Flexibility for Workers Education Act

H. R. 2262 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 21, 2025

Latest action (Jan 13, 2026) Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Labor and Employment
Issues
EducationLabor & Wages
Legislative subjects (3)
Employment and training programsLabor standardsWages and earnings

Summary

The Flexibility for Workers Education Act amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude time spent attending or participating in education or training programs from hours worked calculations. The exclusion applies only when the attendance is outside regular working hours, is voluntary without employer retaliation for non-participation, and the employee does not perform any work during the activity. The amendment is intended to allow employers to provide education and training opportunities to employees without those hours counting toward minimum wage and overtime requirements.

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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Actions (19)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  2. Jan 13, 2026 On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 19). · house
  3. Jan 13, 2026 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 19).
  4. Jan 13, 2026 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 213 (Roll no. 18). · house
  5. Jan 13, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H692-693) · house
  6. Jan 13, 2026 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2262, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Norcross demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. · house
  7. Jan 13, 2026 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX. · house
  8. Jan 13, 2026 Mr. Norcross moved to recommit to the Committee on Education and Workforce. (text: CR H680-681) · house
  9. Jan 13, 2026 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. · house
  10. Jan 13, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2262. · house
  11. Jan 13, 2026 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill. · house
  12. Jan 13, 2026 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 988. (consideration: CR H677-681; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H677-678) · house
  13. Jan 12, 2026 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 988 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill. · house
  14. Dec 30, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369. · house
  15. Dec 30, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-423. · house
  16. Apr 9, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 13. · house
  17. Apr 9, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  18. Mar 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  19. Mar 21, 2025 Introduced in House

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More bills on these subjects (8)

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  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 17 — Paycheck Fairness Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3358 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5267 — American Franchise Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 2299 — Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 2870 — Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5658 — Child Care for Every Community Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

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  • HR 6413 — Workforce Flexibility Act · Introduced Dec 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 1158 — Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 3545 — TEENS Act · Introduced May 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 6818 — Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act · Introduced Dec 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 2870 — Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 5884 — TASK Act · Introduced Oct 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%

Text versions (2)
  • Reported in House · Dec 30, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Mar 21, 2025

Full text

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

December 30, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 21, 2025]

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:

“(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—

“(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

“(2) any time spent attending or participating in an education or training program or a similar activity (such as a lecture), regardless of whether the program or activity is offered or facilitated by the employer, provided that—

“(A) such attendance or participation occurs outside of the employee’s regular working hours;

“(B) such attendance or participation is voluntary, and the employer does not take adverse action against the employee on the basis that such employee does not so attend or participate; and

“(C) the employee does not perform any 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. Union Calendar No. 369

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2262

[Report No. 119-423]

A BILL

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

December 30, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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