Protect Local Farms Act

Bill: 118-hr-353
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Williams, Brandon [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2023-01-12
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

State and local government operations

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Local Farms Act</strong></p> <p>This bill preempts state laws that provide for a maximum workweek of less than 60 hours for agricultural employees. Under federal law, agricultural employees are generally exempt from maximum hours (i.e., overtime) requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 353 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2023 Mr. Williams of New York (for himself, Ms. Tenney , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Molinaro , and Mr. Langworthy ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Local Farms Act . 2. Preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees Section 18 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 218 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking No provision of this Act or of any order thereunder and inserting Except as provided in subsection (c), no provision of this Act or of any order thereunder ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) The provisions of this Act shall preempt any State law that provides for a maximum workweek for employees employed in agriculture of less than 60 hours. .