[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 405 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 405

    To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude overtime 
     compensation from gross income for purposes of the income tax.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2025

Mr. Fulcher (for himself and Mr. Rulli) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude overtime 
     compensation from gross income for purposes of the income tax.

    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 ``Keep Every Extra Penny Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF OVERTIME COMPENSATION FROM GROSS INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 
139I the following new section:

``SEC. 139J. OVERTIME COMPENSATION.

    ``Gross income shall not include overtime compensation required 
under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part III of 
subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 139I the following new item:

``Sec. 139J. Overtime compensation.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to amounts received after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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