Federal - S 2707

A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to nullify the proposed rule regarding defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees, to require the Secretary of Labor to conduct a full and complete economic analysis with improved economic data on small businesses, nonprofit employers, Medicare or Medicaid dependent health care providers, and small governmental jurisdictions, and all other employers, and minimize the impact on such employers, before promulgating any substantially similar rule, and to provide a rule of construction regarding the salary threshold exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes.

Introduced

March 17, 2016

Description

A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to nullify the proposed rule regarding defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees, to require the Secretary of Labor to conduct a full and complete economic analysis with improved economic data on small businesses, nonprofit employers, Medicare or Medicaid dependent health care providers, and small governmental jurisdictions, and all other employers, and minimize the impact on such employers, before promulgating any substantially similar rule, and to provide a rule of construction regarding the salary threshold exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes.

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Original Sponsor 1

Co-Sponsors 45

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  • June 28, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1

    Murkowski, L. (R-Alaska)

  • June 14, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1

    Hoeven, (R-N.D.)

  • June 8, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1

    Cotton, (R-Ark.)

  • May 23, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2

    Cassidy, (R-La.)Corker, (R-Tenn.)

  • May 18, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 4

    Ayotte, (R-N.H.)Graham, L. (R-S.C.)
    Capito, (R-W.Va.)Grassley, (R-Iowa)

  • May 10, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1

    Paul, Rand (R-Ky.)

  • April 28, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2

    Shelby, (R-Ala.)Thune, (R-S.D.)

  • April 27, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2

    Ernst, (R-Iowa)McConnell, (R-Ky.)

  • April 26, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 6

    Boozman, (R-Ark.)Daines, (R-Mont.)Hatch, (R-Utah)
    Coats, (R-Ind.)Fischer, (R-Neb.)Sessions, J. (R-Ala.)

  • April 21, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1

    Blunt, (R-Mo.)

  • April 20, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1

    Crapo, (R-Idaho)

  • April 19, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 3

    Gardner, (R-Colo.)Johnson, R. (R-Wis.)Moran, Jerry (R-Kan.)

  • April 18, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 7

    Barrasso, (R-Wyo.)Risch, (R-Idaho)Wicker, (R-Miss.)
    Inhofe, (R-Okla.)Roberts, (R-Kan.)
    McCain, (R-Ariz.)Rubio, (R-Fla.)

  • April 13, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 11

    Cochran, (R-Miss.)Heller, (R-Nev.)Rounds, (R-S.D.)
    Cornyn, (R-Texas)Isakson, (R-Ga.)Tillis, (R-N.C.)
    Enzi, (R-Wyo.)Lankford, (R-Okla.)Vitter, (R-La.)
    Flake, (R-Ariz.)Perdue, (R-Ga.)

  • April 4, 2016 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1

    Collins, S. (R-Maine)

  • March 17, 2016 — Original cosponsor(s): 1

    Alexander, (R-Tenn.)

  • March 17, 2016 — Read twice and referred to: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.Congressional Record p. S1591