[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3947 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3947
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 14, 2024
Mr. Sanders (for himself and Ms. Butler) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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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 (29 U.S.C. 207)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) 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 such hours at a rate not less than one and one-half
times the regular rate at which he is employed; or
``(B) for a workday--
``(i) longer than eight hours, but not longer than
12 hours, unless such employee receives compensation
for his employment in excess of eight hours at a rate
not less than one and one-half times the regular rate
at which he is employed; or
``(ii) longer than twelve hours unless such
employee receives compensation for his employment in
excess of such hours at a rate not less than double the
regular rate at which he is employed.'';
(ii) 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
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) With respect to any employee described in paragraph (2) who
in any workweek is brought within the purview of this subsection by the
amendments made to this Act by the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, the
employer of such employee may not reduce the total workweek
compensation rate, including the regular rate at which the employee is
employed, or any other employee benefit due to the employee being
brought within the purview of this subsection by such amendments.'';
and
(B) in subsection (l)--
(i) by striking ``No'' and inserting
``Except as provided in subsection (a)(2),
no''; and
(ii) by striking ``forty'' and inserting
``thirty-two''; and
(2) in section 18(a) (29 U.S.C. 218(a)) by inserting ``or
workday'' after ``workweek'' in each place it occurs.
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