A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services from maximum hours requirements.

Bill: 118-s-2914
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-09-26
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill expands the exemptions&nbsp;from the federal maximum hour requirements for employees to include certain&nbsp;employees of outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2914 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 26 (legislative day, September 22), 2023 Mr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Sinema ) 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 exempt certain employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services from maximum hours requirements.

1. Exemption with respect to certain employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services Section 13(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(b) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) any employee principally engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services and employed by an employer principally engaged in the business of providing such outfitting or guiding services that— (A) does not operate for more than seven months in any calendar year; or (B) had average receipts for any six months of the preceding calendar year that were not more than 33 1/3 per centum of its average receipts for the other six months of such year; or .