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H.R. 2270

U.S. House•Introduced

Summary

H.R. 2270, the Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 21, 2025 by Rep. Mark Messmer (R) with 8 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jan 13, 2026: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

Record

Text

H.R. 2270 has 8 co-sponsors, 1 roll call and 1 amendment.

hb2270/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2270 IH: Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-21
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2270  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 21, 2025   Mr. Messmer  (for himself,  Mr. Moolenaar ,  Mrs. Hinson , and  Mr. Harder of California ) 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 child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act  .
2.
Exclusion of child care in computing overtime compensation
(a)
In general
Section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 207(e) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2), by inserting  payments or reimbursements for child or dependent care services;  after  by the employer; ;
(2)
in paragraph (7), by striking  or  at the end;
(3)
in paragraph (8)(D)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; or ; and
(4)
by adding at the end the following:
(9)
the value of any child or dependent care services provided by an employer.
 .
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to overtime compensation required to be paid for workweeks beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-03-21
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Reported to House Dec 18, 2025

hb2270/reported-to-house.md

Shown Here:
Reported to House (12/18/2025)

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Messmer (R) sponsors H.R. 2270, and 8 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2270 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Reported By · Dec 18, 2025 · 824 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 2270, the latest H. Rept. 119-413.

Actions

H.R. 2270 has taken 17 actions since Mar 21, 2025, the latest on Jan 13, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jan 13, 202614:32
House
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 988. (consideration: CR H681-685; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H681)
Jan 13, 202614:32
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.
Jan 13, 202614:33
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2270.
Jan 13, 202614:53
House
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Jan 13, 202614:54
House
Ms. Lee (PA) moved to recommit to the Committee on Education and Workforce. (text: CR H684-685)Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 2270 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Jan 13, 2026 at 209–213.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Jan 13, 2026
House
On Motion to Recommit
209
213

Amendments

1 amendment has been offered to H.R. 2270, the latest acted on Jan 13, 2026.

1 bill is related to H.R. 2270.

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

Titles

H.R. 2270 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act — Display Title
  • Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 2270, the latest on Jul 29, 2025.

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 109 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2270 in 9 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 Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement, Small Business, Trade (domestic/foreign), Government Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.—District of Columbia13—
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)—Virginia13—
AFL-CIO—District of Columbia12—
UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.13—
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)13—
AFL-CIO12—
UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 109.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ABELARDO TORRES113
ALEXA BRANSON113
ANDREA PORWOLL113
ASHLEY GUM113
BRADLEY WATTS113
BRINCE MANNING113
BROOKE MILLER113
CASSIA CARVALHO113
CHAD WHITEMAN113
CHANTEL SHEAKS113
CHRISTOPHER CRENSHAW113
CHRISTOPHER EYLER113
CHRISTOPHER GUITH113
CHRISTOPHER ROBERTI113
CLARK JACKSON113
DAN BYERS113
ERIN DELANEY113
ESPERANZA JELALIAN113
FOXHALL PARKER113
GARY LITMAN113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 second_quarter$19.3M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 fourth_quarter$18M4th Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 third_quarter$13.7M3rd Quarter - Report
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2026 first_quarter$880K1st Quarter - Report
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2026 second_quarter$760K2nd Quarter - Report
UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERSUNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS2026 first_quarter$220K1st Quarter - Report
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)2026 second_quarter$45K2nd Quarter - Report
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)2026 first_quarter$35K1st Quarter - Report
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2270 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2270’s is Labor and Employment.

hr2270/policy-areas.txt
Labor and EmploymentAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 2270 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Child care and development to Wages and earnings.

hr2270/subjects.txt
Child care and developmentFamily servicesLabor standardsWages and earnings

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2270, 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 Mr. MESSMER:H.R. 2270.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution[Page H1190]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com