Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 11, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Labor to update the salary threshold applicable to bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees for purposes of determining eligibility for overtime pay. The bill adopts rulemaking promulgated by Labor in 2016 that established the threshold for exempting such employees from overtime requirements at the 40th percentile of earnings for full-time salaried employees in the lowest-wage census region. The bill also requires updates to the threshold amount every three years.In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish quarterly on its public website data on the weekly earnings of nonhourly, full-time salaried workers by census region.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 11, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4938 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Jul 18, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4523 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Jun 25, 2019 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45722 | Overtime Exemptions in the Fair Labor Standards Act for White-Collar Employees: Frequently Asked Questions Archived | Report | Oct 11, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3197 | Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 11, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold every 3 years.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
