[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 240 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 240

   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the 
 preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the 
 preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Local Farms Act''.

SEC. 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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