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HR 1893 99th Congress House Labor and Employment Construction industries Flexible work hours Four-day week Government Operations and Politics Hours of labor Overtime Public Contracts, Procurement, and Property Standards Wages

A bill to amend the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Act to permit employees, to whom such Acts apply, to work any combination of hours in a forty-hour workweek.

Introduced: April 2, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
May 15, 1985
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Apr 22, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards.
Apr 2, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 2, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Act to require overtime compensation only for hours of employment in excess of 40 hours in a workweek for employees of Federal Government contractors or subcontractors.

What's happening now May 21, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1105 Identical bill A bill entitled the "Federal Contractor Flextime Act".
 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 22, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1893: A bill to amend the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Act to permit employees, to whom such Acts apply, to work any combination of hours in a forty-hour workweek.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1893/
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"H.R. 1893: A bill to amend the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Act to permit employees, to whom such Acts apply, to work any combination of hours in a forty-hour workweek.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1893/.
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H.R. 1893, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1893/.
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[H.R. 1893: A bill to amend the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Act to permit employees, to whom such Acts apply, to work any combination of hours in a forty-hour workweek.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1893/)
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