HR 465 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015

Introduced Jan 22, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Martha Roby R-AL

Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 22, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee.

Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time. Requires an employee's employer to provide monetary compensation, after the end of a calendar year, for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding year.

Requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time off.

Prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee in order to: (1) interfere with the employee's right to request or not to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of monetary overtime compensation, or (2) require an employee to use such compensatory time.

Makes an employer who violates such requirements liable to the affected employee in the amount of the compensation rate for each hour of compensatory time accrued, plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, reduced for each hour of compensatory time used.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress every three years on: (1) the extent to which employers provide compensatory time off and employees opt to receive it; (2) the number of complaints filed by an employee with the Secretary of Labor alleging a violation of the requirements as well as enforcement actions commenced by the Secretary on behalf of an aggrieved employee; (3) the disposition of such complaints and actions; and (4) any unpaid wages, damages, penalties, injunctive relief, or other remedies sought by the Secretary in connection with such actions.

Cosponsors 157

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-MO	Ann Wagner	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-VA	Barbara Comstock	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AR	J. French Hill	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-IN	Jackie Walorski	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-FL	John L. Mica	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-TX	Kay Granger	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-IN	Luke Messer	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AZ	Martha McSally	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-UT	Mia B. Love	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-CA	Mimi Walters	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-IA	Rod Blum	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-FL	Ron DeSantis	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Jan 22, 2015
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jan 26, 2015
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jan 26, 2015
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jan 26, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Jan 26, 2015
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Jan 26, 2015
R-CO	Ken Buck		Jan 26, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jan 26, 2015
R-IL	Mike Bost		Jan 26, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jan 26, 2015
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jan 26, 2015
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jan 26, 2015
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Feb 2, 2015
R-MO	Billy Long		Feb 2, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Feb 2, 2015
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Feb 2, 2015
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Feb 2, 2015
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Feb 2, 2015
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Feb 2, 2015
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Feb 2, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Feb 2, 2015
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Feb 2, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Feb 2, 2015
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Feb 2, 2015
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Feb 2, 2015
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Feb 2, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Feb 2, 2015
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Feb 2, 2015
R-IN	Todd Young		Feb 2, 2015
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Feb 4, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Feb 4, 2015
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Feb 10, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		Feb 10, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Feb 10, 2015
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Feb 11, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Feb 11, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Feb 11, 2015
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Feb 25, 2015
R-IA	David Young		Feb 25, 2015
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Feb 25, 2015
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Feb 25, 2015
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Feb 25, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Feb 25, 2015
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Feb 25, 2015
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Feb 25, 2015
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Feb 27, 2015
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Feb 27, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Mar 16, 2015
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Mar 16, 2015
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Mar 16, 2015
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Mar 16, 2015
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Mar 16, 2015
R-OK	Steve Russell		Mar 16, 2015
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Mar 16, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Mar 19, 2015
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Mar 26, 2015
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Apr 13, 2015
R-MI	Fred Upton		Apr 13, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 14, 2015
R-MI	David A. Trott		Apr 22, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Apr 22, 2015
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Apr 22, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Apr 30, 2015
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Apr 30, 2015
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Apr 30, 2015
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Apr 30, 2015
R-MO	Sam Graves		Apr 30, 2015
R-AR	Steve Womack		Apr 30, 2015
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Apr 30, 2015
R-GA	Tom Graves		Apr 30, 2015
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 30, 2015
R-NY	Tom Reed		Apr 30, 2015
R-MI	Dan Benishek		May 1, 2015
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		May 21, 2015
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Jun 1, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jun 2, 2015
R-IA	Steve King		Jun 10, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jun 11, 2015
R-NC	David Rouzer		Jun 11, 2015
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Jun 11, 2015
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jun 18, 2015
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jun 24, 2015
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jun 25, 2015
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jun 25, 2015
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jul 8, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jul 8, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jul 8, 2015
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jul 9, 2015
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Oct 20, 2015
R-LA	John Fleming		Nov 5, 2015
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Nov 5, 2015
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Nov 30, 2015
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Nov 30, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins		Dec 10, 2015
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Dec 15, 2015
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Dec 15, 2015
R-NV	Cresent Hardy		Jan 7, 2016
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jan 7, 2016
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Mar 1, 2016
R-VA	Dave Brat		Mar 15, 2016
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Mar 15, 2016
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Jun 13, 2016
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jun 21, 2016
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jul 12, 2016
R-KY	Andy Barr		Sep 13, 2016
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Sep 28, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jan 22, 2015
	Workforce Protections Subcommittee	Referred Apr 29, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jan 22, 2015Introduced in House
Jan 22, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 11, January 22, 2015, page H532.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2017401 pages	Appropriations Committee	Feb 25, 2016–Mar 15, 2016

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 233	Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015	Related bill	Jan 22, 2015
HR 1180	Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017	Reintroduced Bill	May 3, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.
Short Titles as Introduced: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 22, 2015Introduced in House

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