HR7917-119

In Committee

Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 12, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Healthcare, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HEAA425A36BFB45D1840CE99D4C3479A5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act.
  • Section H9C322017575544F2AD1E6B33FC74D7C2: 2. Minimum wage and overtime for certain caregivers Section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213) is amended— in subsection (a)(15), by...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Healthcare, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Healthcare Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
workers, employers, and labor regulators:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 12, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 12, 2026

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Healthcare Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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