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House Bill 1332
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act
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Introduced in House on Mar 1, 2023
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H. R. 1332 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1332


To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 1, 2023

Mr. Takano (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes.

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 “Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act”.

SEC. 2. Fair Labor Standards Act.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 7(a) (29 U.S.C. 207(a))—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking “commerce, for a workweek longer than forty hours” and all that follows through the period and inserting “commerce—”; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following:

“(A) for a workweek longer than thirty-two hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed; and

“(B) for a workday longer than—

“(i) eight hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed; and

“(ii) twelve hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than double times the regular rate at which he is employed.”; and

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the matter that precedes subparagraph (A), by striking “Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966” and inserting “Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act”; and

(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following:

“(A) for a workweek longer than thirty-eight hours during the 1-year period beginning not less than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act,

“(B) for a workweek longer than thirty-six hours during the second year after the first day of such period,

“(C) for a workweek longer than thirty-four hours during the third year after the first day of such period, or

“(D) for a workweek longer than thirty-two hours after the expiration of the third year after the first day of such period,”; and

(2) in section 18(a) (29 U.S.C. 218(a)) by inserting “or workday” after “workweek” in each place it occurs.