H.R. 9216

Summary

H.R. 9216, the Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026, was introduced in the House on Jun 9, 2026 by Rep. Greg Casar (D) with 30 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Jun 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 9216 has 30 co-sponsors.

119 HR 9216 IH: Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-06-09
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 9216  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 9, 2026   Mr. Casar  (for himself,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Mr. Horsford ,  Ms. Ansari ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mrs. Watson Coleman ,  Mr. Jackson of Illinois ,  Ms. Simon ,  Ms. Randall ,  Ms. Titus ,  Mr. García of Illinois ,  Mr. Larson of Connecticut ,  Mr. Espaillat ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania ,  Ms. Chu ,  Mrs. Ramirez ,  Ms. McBride , and  Mr. Deluzio ) 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 adjust the rate employers pay for overtime hours from one and one-half to two times the regular rate.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026  .
2.
Increasing Overtime Pay for Employees
(a)
In General
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ) is amended—
(1)
in section 7, by striking  one and one-half  each place it appears and inserting  two ; and
(2)
in section 13—
(A)
in subsection (b)(29), by striking  one and one-half  and inserting  two ;
(B)
in subsection (h), in the matter following paragraph (2)(B), by striking  one and one-half  and inserting  two ;
(C)
in subsection (i)(2)(B), by striking  one and one-half  and inserting  two ; and
(D)
in subsection (j)(2)(B), by striking  one and one-half  and inserting  two .
(b)
Effective Date
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to adjust the rate employers pay for overtime hours from one and one-half to two times the regular rate.

Sponsors

Rep. Greg Casar (D) sponsors H.R. 9216, and 30 members have co-sponsored it, 18 of them from the day it was introduced.

Greg Casar

Rep. · D–TX-35 · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 9, 2026

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Yassamin Ansari

Rep. · D–AZ-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Judy Chu

Rep. · D–CA-28 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Christopher Deluzio

Rep. · D–PA-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Adriano Espaillat

Rep. · D–NY-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Jesus Garcia

Rep. · D–IL-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Steven Horsford

Rep. · D–NV-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Jonathan Jackson

Rep. · D–IL-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

Pramila Jayapal

Rep. · D–WA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 9216 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Jun 9, 2026 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 9216 has taken 2 actions since Jun 9, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 9216 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 9216 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to adjust the rate employers pay for overtime hours from one and one-half to two times the regular rate. — Official Title as Introduced
• Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026 — Display Title

Lobbying

5 clients hired 5 firms and 27 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 9216 in 5 quarterly filings, 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 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Government Issues, Housing.

Clients

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

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 27.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 9216 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 9216’s is Labor and Employment.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 9216, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 9, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CASAR:H.R. 9216.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H4054]

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