Congress sets fast rules for five labor bills.
H.Res. 988 — 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. · Filed by Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) · Introduced Jan 12, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill sets rules for Congress to debate five other labor bills. It limits debate to one hour total. It also approves changes to the bills before Congress votes. The five bills would change overtime pay rules. They would change rules about tipped workers. They would change rules about joint employers.
Who it affects
Workers and employers are affected. The five bills would change what work counts toward overtime pay. They would change how tipped workers are defined and how companies share control over workers.
One thing to notice
Congress set only one hour of debate time for five separate labor bills. That is about twelve minutes per bill.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jan 12, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 53”
- Jan 13, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 214 - 207 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H670-671)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $40,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 12 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Michelle Fischbach, who sponsored the bill, received $790,050 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance — $40,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- overtime — Extra pay workers get for hours worked beyond the standard work week.
- joint employers — Two or more companies that share control over a worker's job.
- tipped workers — Workers who get tips from customers as part of their pay.
- debate — Discussion where Congress members speak for and against a bill.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 10, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-22.
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