H.R. 2262

Summary

H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 21, 2025 by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jan 13, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Record

Text

H.R. 2262 has 2 co-sponsors, 2 roll calls and 1 amendment.

119 HR 2262 IH: Flexibility for Workers Education Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-21
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2262  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 21, 2025   Mrs. Hinson  (for herself,  Ms. Letlow , and  Mr. Messmer ) 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 exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Flexibility for Workers Education Act  .
2.
Treatment of attendance or participation in certain activities
(a)
In general
Section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(o) ) is amended to read as follows:
(o)
Hours worked
In determining for the purposes of sections 6 and 7 the hours for which an employee is employed, there shall be excluded—
(1)
any time spent in changing clothes or washing at the beginning or end of each workday which was excluded from measured working time during the week involved by the express terms of or by custom or practice under a bona fide collective-bargaining agreement applicable to the particular employee; and
(2)
any time spent attending or participating in lectures, education or training programs, and similar activities, regardless of whether the activity is offered or facilitated by the employer, provided that—
(A)
such attendance or participation occurs outside of the employee’s regular working hours;
(B)
such attendance or participation is voluntary and the continuation of employment and the working conditions related to such employment is not adversely affected by non-attendance or non-participation; and
(C)
the employee does not perform any productive work for the employer during such attendance or participation.
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(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to hours worked on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R) sponsors H.R. 2262, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Ashley Hinson

Rep. · R–IA-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 21, 2025

Julia Letlow

Rep. · R–LA-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 21, 2025 · Original

Mark Messmer

Rep. · R–IN-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 21, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 2262 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Reported By · Dec 30, 2025 · 824 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 2262, the latest H. Rept. 119-423.

• H. Rept. 119-423 — FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKERS EDUCATION ACT

Actions

H.R. 2262 has taken 19 actions since Mar 21, 2025, the latest on Jan 13, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 2262 went to 2 roll calls in the House, the latest on Jan 13, 2026 at 209–215.

Amendments

1 amendment has been offered to H.R. 2262, the latest acted on Jan 13, 2026.

HAMDT 146Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 988, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Workforce, modified by the amendment printed in part B of House Report 119-440, is considered adopted.Jan 13, 2026 · On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

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Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 2262.

HRES 988Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.Jan 13, 2026 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 2262 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Flexibility for Workers Education Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Flexibility for Workers Education Act — Display Title
• Flexibility for Workers Education Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 2262, the latest on Jul 29, 2025.

• H.R. 2262, Flexibility for Workers Education Act — 2025-07-29As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 9, 2025

Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 118 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2262 in 16 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. 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 Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Health Issues, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Energy/Nuclear, Budget/Appropriations, Education.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 118.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2262 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. 2262’s is Labor and Employment.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 2262 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Employment and training programs to Wages and earnings.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2262, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 52 (Friday, March 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. HINSON:H.R. 2262.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H1190]

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