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H.R. 7917 (IH) - Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 119th Congress
- Congress Session
- 2nd Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- March 12, 2026
- Action
- Ms. Ocasio-Cortez (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Bell, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Norton, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Simon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carson, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Pingree, Ms. McBride, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Balint, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Omar, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Strickland, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Nadler, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Frost, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. García of Illinois, and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
- Bill Number
- H.R. 7917
- Bill Version
- Introduced in House (IH)
- Short Title
- Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act
- Full Title
- To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that certain caregiving employees are no longer exempted from overtime and minimum wage protections.
- Sponsors
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(NY)
- Cosponsors
- Rashida Tlaib (MI); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Wesley Bell (MO); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Lateefah Simon (CA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Ritchie Torres (NY); Summer L. Lee (PA); Andre Carson (IN); Seth Moulton (MA); Brittany Pettersen (CO); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Julie Johnson (TX); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Debbie Dingell (MI); Chellie Pingree (ME); Sarah McBride (DE); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Dwight Evans (PA); Lois Frankel (FL); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Shri Thanedar (MI); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Eric Swalwell (CA); Andrea Salinas (OR); Judy Chu (CA); Becca Balint (VT); George Latimer (NY); Ilhan Omar (MN); Ted Lieu (CA); John W. Mannion (NY); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Marilyn Strickland (WA); James P. McGovern (MA); Paul Tonko (NY); Mark Pocan (WI); Donald Norcross (NJ); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Alma S. Adams (NC); Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Ro Khanna (CA); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Lucy McBath (GA); Maxwell Frost (FL); Danny K. Davis (IL); Mark Takano (CA)
- Committees
- Committee on Education and Workforce (Standing)
- United States Code Reference
- 29 U.S.C. 203 and 213