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H.R. 2270 (119th): Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay. Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. This rate is an average hourly rate that must include certain types of pay, such as commissions. The bill specifies that an employer can provide or pay for child or dependent care services without the value of the services being included in this calculation.

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Recorded summary

The summary describes the Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act, which would exclude the value of employer-funded child or dependent care services from the calculation of an eligible employee's regular rate of pay for overtime. The listed title, 'On Motion to Recommit,' is procedural and does not match the substantive summary, so the metadata needs review.

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Theological note: The measure touches family life and the care of children and dependents, which Scripture treats as weighty responsibilities. It also raises questions of fair wages and honest labor, since overtime rules protect workers from uncompensated extra hours. Its relevance to family integrity is real, but the measure is a labor-benefit adjustment rather than a direct advance or restraint of a named moral evil.

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Recorded votes

Roll 20 · 13-Jan-2026 5:57 PM · On Motion to Recommit · Failed

Yea 209 · Nay 213 · Other 9

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