Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

Summary

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay. Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. This rate is an average hourly rate that must include certain types of pay, such as commissions. The bill specifies that an employer can provide or pay for child or dependent care services without the value of the services being included in this calculation.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

House Committee on Education and Workforce · U.S. House of Representatives

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Recorded votes

• Vote: On Motion to Recommit

  U.S. HouseJan 13, 2026Result: Failed

  Voted yes (209)Voted no (213)Voted present (0)Absent (9)

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Related bills

• H.Res. 988Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.Related bill, procedurally related

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Full history

1. Jan 13, 2026

   Debate - the House Proceeded With One Hour of Debate on H.R. 2270.

   DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2270.

   U.S. House of Representatives

2. Jan 13, 2026

   Introduced

   POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

   U.S. House

3. Jan 13, 2026

   Postponed Proceedings - Pursuant to Clause 1(c) of Rule Xix, the Chair Announced That Further Proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

   POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

4. Jan 13, 2026

   Postponed Proceedings - Pursuant to Clause 1(c) of Rule Xix, the Chair Announced That Further Proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

   POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

5. Jan 13, 2026

   Postponed Proceedings - Pursuant to Clause 1(c) of Rule Xix, the Chair Announced That Further Proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

   POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

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