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Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and Guiding Act
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
Summary
The bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to exempt certain employees from minimum wage and overtime requirements. The exemption applies to employees primarily engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services, including equipment rentals, if their employer meets specific conditions. An employer qualifies for the exemption if it operates for no more than seven months per calendar year, or if its average receipts for any six-month period of the preceding year did not exceed one-third of its average receipts for the other six-month period. The exemption applies to wages and overtime compensation for workweeks beginning on or after the bill's enactment date.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- May 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- May 19, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 19, 2025
Mr. Owens (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) 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 exempt certain employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
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 “Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and Guiding Act”.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OUTFITTING OR GUIDING SERVICES.
Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2) any employee primarily engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting (including equipment rentals) or guiding services, and employed by a business providing such outfitting or services, that—
“(A) does not operate for more than seven months in any calendar year; or
“(B) had average receipts for any six months of the preceding calendar year that were not more than 33\1/3\ per centum of its average receipts for the other six months of such year; or”.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to wages and overtime compensation required to be paid for workweeks beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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