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Expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Introduced: June 29, 2017 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Expresses the sense of Congress that the final rule issued on May 23, 2016, by the Department of Labor titled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees": (1) would provide more than 13 million workers with greater economic security, (2) was created through the legally valid exercises of the congressionally delegated authority of the Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and (3) should be defended and enforced with due haste.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 68: Expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-68/
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"H. Con. Res. 68: Expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-68/.
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H. Con. Res. 68, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-68/.
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[H. Con. Res. 68: Expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-68/)
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