119 HR 2262 RH: Flexibility for Workers Education Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-12-30 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IBUnion Calendar No. 369119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2262[Report No. 119–423]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 21, 2025Mrs. Hinson (for herself, Ms. Letlow, and Mr. Messmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and WorkforceDecember 30, 2025Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 21, 2025A BILLTo amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Flexibility for Workers Education Act.

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Treatment of attendance or participation in certain activities

(a)

In general

Section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(o)) is amended to read as follows:(o)

Hours worked

In determining for the purposes of sections 6 and 7 the hours for which an employee is employed, there shall be excluded—(1)any time spent in changing clothes or washing at the beginning or end of each workday which was excluded from measured working time during the week involved by the express terms of or by custom or practice under a bona fide collective-bargaining agreement applicable to the particular employee; and(2)any time spent attending or participating in an education or training program or a similar activity (such as a lecture), regardless of whether the program or activity is offered or facilitated by the employer, provided that—(A)such attendance or participation occurs outside of the employee’s regular working hours;(B)such attendance or participation is voluntary, and the employer does not take adverse action against the employee on the basis that such employee does not so attend or participate; and(C)the employee does not perform any work for the employer during such attendance or participation..(b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to hours worked on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

December 30, 2025Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed