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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
- Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to create an exemption from federal minimum wage and maximum hours requirements for certain outdoor recreation employees
- Applies the exemption to employees primarily engaged in providing outdoor recreational outfitting services, including equipment rentals, or guiding services
- Exempts employees whose employers are primarily engaged in the business of providing outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
Actions (2)
- Jun 18, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jun 18, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 18, 2026
Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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. APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OUTFITTING OR GUIDING SERVICES.
Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2) any employee primarily engaged in providing outdoor recreational outfitting, including equipment rentals, or guiding services who is employed by an employer primarily engaged in the business of providing such outfitting or guiding services; or”. <all>
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