[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1405]
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  SA 4695. Mr. KIM (for himself and Mrs. Murray) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the 
Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME FOR CERTAIN CAREGIVERS.

       (a) Exemption Amendments.--Section 13 of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(15), by striking ``casual basis in 
     domestic service employment'' and all that follows through 
     ``of the Secretary)'' and inserting the following: ``casual 
     basis to provide babysitting services''; and
       (2) by repealing subsection (b)(21).
       (b) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(z) `Babysitting services'--
       ``(1) means the custodial care and protection of infants or 
     children in or about a private home in which the infants or 
     children reside; and
       ``(2) does not include services relating to the care and 
     protection of infants or children which are performed by 
     trained personnel, such as registered, vocational, or 
     practical nurses, and home care workers, including home 
     health aides and personal care aides.
       ``(aa) `Casual basis', with respect to the provision of 
     babysitting services--
       ``(1) means employment which is irregular or intermittent 
     (as defined and delimited by the Secretary), and which is not 
     performed by an individual whose vocation is babysitting; and
       ``(2) may include the performance of household work not 
     related to the provision of babysitting services, so long as 
     the time performing such work does not exceed 20 percent of 
     the total hours worked while providing babysitting 
     services.''.
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