SCONRES 20 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Introduced Jun 29, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Sherrod Brown D-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 29, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3865-3866)

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJun 29, 2017
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached
  3. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that the final rule issued on May 23, 2016, by the Department of Labor titled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees": (1) would provide more than 13 million workers with greater economic security, (2) was created through the legally valid exercises of the congressionally delegated authority of the Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and (3) should be defended and enforced with due haste.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 29, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalJun 29, 2017
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 29, 2017
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 29, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 29, 2017Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3865-3866)

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HCONRES 68Expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of theIdentical billJun 29, 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Jun 29, 2017Introduced in Senate

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