Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act

Bill: 117-s-4823
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-09-13
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4577)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4823 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 13, 2022 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Markey , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Blumenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Section 13(b)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(b)(1) ) is repealed.