<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<billStatus>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  <bill>
    <number>1084</number>
    <updateDate>2025-12-05T09:06:44Z</updateDate>
    <updateDateIncludingText>2025-12-05T09:06:44Z</updateDateIncludingText>
    <originChamber>House</originChamber>
    <originChamberCode>H</originChamberCode>
    <type>HR</type>
    <introducedDate>2023-02-17</introducedDate>
    <congress>118</congress>
    <legislationUrl>https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1084</legislationUrl>
    <cdata>
      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mrs. HINSON:H.R. 1084.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The single subject of this legislation is:Modifying exemptions from hours worked under the Fair LaborStandards Act for voluntary development activities outside ofwork hours[Page H855]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
    </cdata>
    <committees>
      <item>
        <systemCode>hsed00</systemCode>
        <name>Education and Workforce Committee</name>
        <chamber>House</chamber>
        <type>Standing</type>
        <activities>
          <item>
            <name>Referred To</name>
            <date>2023-02-17T15:04:00Z</date>
          </item>
        </activities>
      </item>
    </committees>
    <relatedBills>
      <item>
        <title>Flexibility for Workers Education Act</title>
        <congress>118</congress>
        <number>2878</number>
        <type>S</type>
        <latestAction>
          <actionDate>2023-09-21</actionDate>
          <text>Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</text>
        </latestAction>
        <relationshipDetails>
          <item>
            <type>Identical bill</type>
            <identifiedBy>CRS</identifiedBy>
          </item>
        </relationshipDetails>
      </item>
    </relatedBills>
    <actions>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2023-02-17</actionDate>
        <text>Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>H11100</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsed00</systemCode>
            <name>Education and Workforce Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2023-02-17</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in House</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>Intro-H</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2023-02-17</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in House</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>1000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
    </actions>
    <sponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>H001091</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]</fullName>
        <firstName>Ashley</firstName>
        <lastName>Hinson</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>IA</state>
        <district>2</district>
        <isByRequest>N</isByRequest>
      </item>
    </sponsors>
    <cosponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>S001196</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]</fullName>
        <firstName>Elise</firstName>
        <lastName>Stefanik</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>NY</state>
        <middleName>M.</middleName>
        <district>21</district>
        <sponsorshipDate>2023-07-13</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>False</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
    </cosponsors>
    <policyArea>
      <name>Labor and Employment</name>
    </policyArea>
    <subjects>
      <legislativeSubjects>
        <item>
          <name>Employment and training programs</name>
          <updateDate>2025-04-14T17:59:47Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Labor standards</name>
          <updateDate>2025-04-14T17:59:47Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Wages and earnings</name>
          <updateDate>2025-04-14T17:59:47Z</updateDate>
        </item>
      </legislativeSubjects>
      <policyArea>
        <name>Labor and Employment</name>
        <updateDate>2023-03-15T20:15:17Z</updateDate>
      </policyArea>
    </subjects>
    <summaries>
      <summary>
        <versionCode>00</versionCode>
        <actionDate>2023-02-17</actionDate>
        <actionDesc>Introduced in House</actionDesc>
        <updateDate>2023-04-13T22:16:54Z</updateDate>
        <cdata>
          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flexibility for Workers Education Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill excludes from hours worked certain voluntary training that occurs outside an employee's regular working hours. Such training does not count as hours worked even if it is offered by the employer, provided that an employee's working conditions are not adversely affected by choosing not to participate and the employee does not perform any productive work for the employer during the training.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
        </cdata>
      </summary>
    </summaries>
    <title>Flexibility for Workers Education Act</title>
    <titles>
      <item>
        <titleType>Display Title</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>45</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Flexibility for Workers Education Act</title>
        <updateDate>2024-07-24T15:23:37Z</updateDate>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Title(s) as Introduced</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>101</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Flexibility for Workers Education Act</title>
        <updateDate>2024-05-24T13:42:09Z</updateDate>
        <billTextVersionName>Introduced in House</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>IH</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Official Title as Introduced</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>6</titleTypeCode>
        <title>To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes.</title>
        <updateDate>2024-03-18T20:20:44Z</updateDate>
        <billTextVersionName>Introduced in House</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>IH</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
    </titles>
    <textVersions>
      <item>
        <type>Introduced in House</type>
        <date>2023-02-17T05:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1084ih/xml/BILLS-118hr1084ih.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
    </textVersions>
    <latestAction>
      <actionDate>2023-02-17</actionDate>
      <text>Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.</text>
    </latestAction>
  </bill>
  <dublinCore xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    <dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
    <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
    <dc:rights>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.</dc:rights>
    <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
    <dc:description>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.</dc:description>
  </dublinCore>
</billStatus>
