Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This House rule resolution controls floor consideration for five labor, retirement, and employment bills. It makes H.R. 2988 in order to amend ERISA rules for considering pecuniary and nonpecuniary factors, waives points of order, treats the Education and Workforce Committee substitute as adopted, allows a Rules Committee amendment, provides one hour of debate, and allows one motion to recommit. It makes H.R. 2262 in order to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act by excluding certain activities from hours worked, waives points of order, treats the committee substitute as modified by the Rules Committee report as adopted, provides one hour of debate, and allows one recommit motion. It also identifies H.R. 2270 on excluding child and dependent care services and payments from overtime-rate calculations, H.R. 2312 on tipped employee definitions, and H.R. 4366 on joint-employer treatment under the NLRA and FLSA as bills covered by the resolution's later procedural structure.
Who Benefits and How
House majority leadership benefits because the rule packages multiple labor and retirement priorities and structures floor debate. Supporters of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 benefit from protected paths to floor consideration, waiver of points of order, and defined final-vote procedures. The Education and Workforce Committee chair benefits from debate-control authority and committee substitutes treated as adopted. Employers and retirement-plan fiduciaries benefit procedurally because bills affecting ERISA investment factors, hours worked, overtime calculations, tipped employees, and joint-employer standards receive floor access. Members offering Rules Committee-approved amendments benefit from protected amendment slots.
Who Bears the Burden and How
House Members seeking unprinted amendments or procedural objections bear a burden because points of order are waived and amendment opportunities are limited. House minority leadership must operate within capped debate and one recommit motion. Opponents of the underlying labor and retirement bills bear a procedural burden because the rule shields the measures from several challenges. The House Clerk and floor staff must apply the adopted substitutes, Rules Committee amendments, debate divisions, and recommit procedures.
Key Provisions
- Provides floor consideration for H.R. 2988 with points of order waived and the committee substitute treated as adopted.
- Makes a part A Rules Committee amendment to H.R. 2988 in order.
- Provides floor consideration for H.R. 2262 with points of order waived and the modified committee substitute treated as adopted.
- Identifies H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 as additional covered labor bills.
- Limits debate and preserves one motion to recommit for covered bills.
- Restricts amendment opportunities to the rule's specified structure.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Sets House floor procedures for a labor and retirement package by waiving points of order, adopting committee substitutes or Rules Committee amendments, limiting debate, allowing one recommit motion, and making in order H.R. 2988 on ERISA pecuniary factors, H.R. 2262 on excluded work activities, H.R. 2270 on child and dependent care payments in overtime calculations, H.R. 2312 on tipped employees, and H.R. 4366 on joint-employer treatment.
Key Policy Areas
House Procedure, Labor, Retirement
Primary Purpose
Sets House floor procedures for a labor and retirement package by waiving points of order, adopting committee substitutes or Rules Committee amendments, limiting debate, allowing one recommit motion, and making in order H.R. 2988 on ERISA pecuniary factors, H.R. 2262 on excluded work activities, H.R. 2270 on child and dependent care payments in overtime calculations, H.R. 2312 on tipped employees, and H.R. 4366 on joint-employer treatment.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- House majority leadership
- Supporters of H.R. 2988
- Supporters of H.R. 2262
- Supporters of H.R. 2270
- Supporters of H.R. 2312
- Supporters of H.R. 4366
- Employers
Identified Costs
- House Members seeking unprinted amendments
- House minority leadership
- Opponents of the underlying bills
- House Clerk
- House floor staff
Legislative Progress
Passed HousePassed House (inferred from eh version)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate …
Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H670-676)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: …
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed …
On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
House Members seeking unprinted amendments, House majority leadership, House minority leadership
Positive-direction: House majority leadership, Supporters of H.R. 2988
Negative-direction: House Members seeking unprinted amendments, House minority leadership
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "rules"
- → House Committee on Rules
- "education_workforce"
- → House Committee on Education and Workforce
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