Bills · 119th Congress · Labor and Employment

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/21/25
  2. Passed House
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Introduced in the House on March 21, 2025.

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Roll calls on this bill

Procedural motions
HouseOn Motion to Recommit · 1/13/26Motion to recommitA motion, made just before the final vote, to send the bill back to committee instead. Priority goes to a member who opposes the bill. If it passes, the bill leaves the floor; if it fails, the House moves on to the passage vote.Rules of the House, Rule XIX, clause 2 ↗
Failed · Yea 209 · Nay 213Official source ↗
Official summary (CRS)

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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Sponsor
Rep. Mark B. Messmer ( Republican · IN-8)
Cosponsors
8
Introduced
3/21/25
Policy area
Labor and Employment

What happens next

The House must pass it, then the Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (17)
  1. 3/21/25Introduced in House
  2. 3/21/25Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  3. 4/9/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 4/9/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 13.
  5. 12/18/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-413.
  6. 12/18/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 359.
  7. 1/12/26Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 988 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  8. 1/13/26Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 988. (consideration: CR H681-685; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H681)
  9. 1/13/26Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  10. 1/13/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2270.
  11. 1/13/26The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  12. 1/13/26Ms. Lee (PA) moved to recommit to the Committee on Education and Workforce. (text: CR H684-685)
  13. 1/13/26The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  14. 1/13/26POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2270, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Lee (PA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  15. 1/13/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H693-694)
  16. 1/13/26On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 213 (Roll no. 20).
  17. 1/13/26POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.