3.0.0 2707 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z Senate S 2016-03-17 114 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2016-05-11T13:30:00Z sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-03-17T16:27:57Z Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act 114 4773 HR 2016-03-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2016-05-11 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-676. Committee 2016-03-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2016-03-17 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2016-04-04 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-04-13 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2016-04-13 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2016-04-13 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2016-04-13 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2016-04-13 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2016-04-13 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2016-04-13 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2016-04-13 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2016-04-13 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2016-04-13 False F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2016-04-13 False B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2016-04-18 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2016-04-18 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2016-04-18 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-04-18 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2016-04-18 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2016-04-18 False M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2016-04-18 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2016-04-19 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2016-04-19 False J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2016-04-19 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2016-04-20 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2016-04-21 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2016-04-26 False F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2016-04-26 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2016-04-26 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2016-04-26 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2016-04-26 False C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2016-04-26 False M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2016-04-27 False E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2016-04-27 False S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2016-04-28 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2016-04-28 False P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2016-05-10 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2016-05-18 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2016-05-18 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2016-05-18 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2016-05-18 False C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2016-05-23 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2016-05-23 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2016-06-08 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2016-06-14 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2016-06-28 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Labor Labor standards Small business Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-29T19:35:09Z Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act

This bill declares that the proposed or the final rule of the Department of Labor entitled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees" shall cease to have any force or effect. The rule revises the "white collar" exemption of executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees from minimum wage and maximum hour, or overtime, requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA).

If the proposed rule is a final rule on the date of enactment of this bill:

  • Labor shall not enforce it based on conduct occurring before that enactment date,
  • an employee shall not have any right of action against an employer for the employer's failure to comply with the final rule at any time before that enactment date,
  • any regulations that were amended by the final rule shall be restored and revived as if the final rule had never taken effect, and
  • nothing in this bill shall be construed to create a right of action for an employer against an employee for the recoupment of any payments made to the employee before the enactment of this bill that were in compliance with that final rule.

Labor may promulgate any substantially similar rule only if it has completed certain required actions; but the rule shall not contain any automatic updates to the salary threshold for purposes of exemptions to minimum wage and maximum hour requirements under the FLSA.

The requirement that definitions applicable for such exemptions be defined and delimited from time to time by Labor regulations shall be construed to:

  • require Labor to issue a new rule through notice and comment rulemaking for each change in any salary threshold it has proposed; and
  • exclude any rule that would result in changes to any salary threshold for multiple time periods, including through any automatic updating procedure.

Labor may not promulgate any final rule that includes any revision to duties tests for exemption from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements unless specific regulatory text for the provision was proposed in the proposed rule.

]]> Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act Display Title Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to nullify the proposed rule regarding defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees, to require the Secretary of Labor to conduct a full and complete economic analysis with improved economic data on small businesses, nonprofit employers, Medicare or Medicaid dependent health care providers, and small governmental jurisdictions, and all other employers, and minimize the impact on such employers, before promulgating any substantially similar rule, and to provide a rule of construction regarding the salary threshold exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act Introduced in Senate 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2707is/xml/BILLS-114s2707is.xml 2016-05-11 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-676. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.