H.R. 240

Summary

H.R. 240, the Protect Local Farms Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 7, 2025 by Rep. Claudia Tenney (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Jan 7, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 240 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 240 IH: Protect Local Farms Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 240  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 7, 2025   Ms. Tenney  (for herself,  Mr. Langworthy , and  Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protect Local Farms Act  .
2.
Preemption of certain state overtime laws for agricultural employees
Section 18 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 218 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), by striking  No provision of this Act or of any order thereunder  and inserting  Except as provided in subsection (c), no provision of this Act or of any order thereunder ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(c)
The provisions of this Act shall preempt any State law that provides for a maximum workweek for employees employed in agriculture of less than 60 hours.
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Sponsors

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R) sponsors H.R. 240, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 7, 2025

Doug LaMalfa

Rep. · R–CA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 7, 2025 · Original

Nicholas Langworthy

Rep. · R–NY-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 7, 2025 · Original

Elise Stefanik

Rep. · R–NY-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 7, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 240 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Jan 7, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 240 has taken 2 actions since Jan 7, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 240 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 240 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protect Local Farms Act — Display Title
• Protect Local Farms Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 240 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Environment/Superfund, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills), Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Health Issues, Immigration.

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Firms

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 240 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 240’s is Labor and Employment.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 240 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Labor standards to Wages and earnings.

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