H.R. 7917

119 HR 7917 IH: Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-12
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7917  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 12, 2026   Ms. Ocasio-Cortez  (for herself,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Mrs. Watson Coleman ,  Mr. Cleaver ,  Ms. Wilson of Florida ,  Mr. Bell ,  Mr. Krishnamoorthi ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mrs. McIver ,  Ms. Hoyle of Oregon ,  Ms. Simon ,  Ms. Schakowsky ,  Mr. Torres of New York ,  Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Carson ,  Mr. Moulton ,  Ms. Pettersen ,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Ms. Budzinski ,  Ms. Johnson of Texas ,  Ms. Bonamici ,  Mrs. Dingell ,  Ms. Pingree ,  Ms. McBride ,  Mr. Kennedy of New York ,  Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania ,  Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida ,  Mr. Goldman of New York ,  Mr. Thanedar ,  Ms. DelBene ,  Ms. Dexter ,  Mr. Swalwell ,  Ms. Salinas ,  Ms. Chu ,  Ms. Balint ,  Mr. Latimer ,  Ms. Omar ,  Mr. Lieu ,  Mr. Mannion ,  Mr. Lynch ,  Ms. Barragán ,  Ms. Strickland ,  Mr. McGovern ,  Mr. Tonko ,  Mr. Pocan ,  Mr. Norcross ,  Mr. Nadler ,  Ms. McClellan ,  Ms. Pressley ,  Ms. Adams ,  Mrs. Grijalva ,  Ms. Ansari ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Mr. Gomez ,  Mrs. McBath ,  Mr. Frost ,  Mr. Davis of Illinois ,  Mr. García of Illinois , and  Mr. Takano ) 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 ensure that certain caregiving employees are no longer exempted from overtime and minimum wage protections.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act  .
2.
Minimum wage and overtime for certain caregivers
(a)
Exemption amendments
Section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(15), by striking  casual basis in domestic service employment  and all that follows through  of the Secretary)  and inserting the following:  casual basis to provide babysitting services ; and
(2)
by repealing subsection (b)(21).
(b)
Definitions
Section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(z)
 Babysitting services —
(1)
means the custodial care and protection of infants or children in or about a private home in which the infants or children reside; and
(2)
does not include services relating to the care and protection of infants or children which are performed by trained personnel, such as registered, vocational, or practical nurses, and home care workers, including home health aides and personal care aides.
(aa)
 Casual basis , with respect to the provision of babysitting services—
(1)
means employment which is irregular or intermittent (as defined and delimited by the Secretary), and which is not performed by an individual whose vocation is babysitting; and
(2)
may include the performance of household work not related to the provision of babysitting services, so long as the time performing such work does not exceed 20 percent of the total hours worked while providing babysitting services.
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