Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act
Latest action · Jun 2, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements to an employee of a recreational establishment engaged in providing services or facilities directly related to outfitting and guiding or similar outdoor recreation activities, or rental of outdoor recreational equipment. Federal agencies shall notify their contractors of the applicability of this exemption.
This bill exempts from service contract labor standards and paid sick leave requirements contracts with the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that provide services directly related to the recreational activities specified by this bill.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 2, 2017 to Feb 7, 2018; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Jun 2, 2017 |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Jun 7, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Sep 6, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Feb 7, 2018 |
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 Jun 2, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 2, 2017Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 94, June 2, 2017, page H4622.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13227 | The McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) | Resource | May 14, 2026 |
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 revise an exemption to the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of that Act for certain seasonal workers in national parks and forests, and to amend title 41, United States Code, to include an exemption for contracts providing services directly related to recreational activities to the general public, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
