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H. Rept. 119-496 1 (2026-02-12)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiat0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-496 WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT OF 2025 FEBRUARY 12, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WALBERG, from the Committee on Education and Workforce, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2870] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 2870) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025. SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY TIME. Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by adding at the end the following: (t) COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR PRIVATE EMPLOYEES.- (1) GENERAL RULE.- (A) IN GENERAL.-During the 5-year period beginning on the date of en- actment of the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025, an employee de- scribed in subparagraph (B) may receive, in accordance with this subsection and in lieu of monetary overtime compensation, compensatory time off at a rate not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required by this section. (B) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.-An employee described in this subparagraph is an employee who- (i) is not an employee of a public agency; and (ii) works at least 1,000 hours for the employee's employer during a period of continuous employment with the employer in the 12-month period ending on the date- 69-006