Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act

Bill: 117-hr-7517
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2022-04-14
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires employers of commercial truck drivers to provide overtime pay to such drivers engaged in a workweek longer than 40 hours.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7517 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2022 Mr. Levin of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Jones , Ms. Norton , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Titus , Ms. Tlaib , and Mr. Van Drew ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to remove the overtime wages exemption for certain employees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act . 2. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Section 13(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(b) ) is amended by striking paragraph (1).