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Mark Messmer (R-IN)

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

H.R. 2270 · House bill Labor and Employment

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See all 8 cosponsors

Last activity — POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

Introduced, nothing more yet

Formally proposed, and not yet handed to a committee.

Nearly every bill is sent to a committee within days. Introduction alone is not a sign of support, of momentum, or of any likelihood of passing — any member may introduce any bill.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced

How Congress voted

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the ``Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act'', aims to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. It specifically seeks to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to calculate overtime compensation. The amendment would add child or dependent care services and payments or reimbursements to specific sections of the Act. These changes would apply to workweeks starting on or after the date the Act is enacted.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +4

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    It provides a cost-saving mechanism for businesses providing care-related benefits.

  • Scored +3

    Does this make it easier to run a small business?

    It reduces the cost of providing employee benefits by preventing those benefits from inflating the overtime rate.

  • Scored +2

    Does this make child care cost less?

    It makes employer-provided childcare more cost-effective for the employer to offer.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill directly reduces the value of overtime pay by excluding non-cash benefits from the calculation.

  • Scored -2

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    By excluding care payments from overtime calculations, it reduces the total overtime pay workers receive for their labor.

  • Scored -1

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    Excluding care payments from overtime may reduce the total cash income of low-wage workers.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.

None of them settled the bill — every vote so far has been about whether to keep going.

  • The House: a last attempt to send the bill back to committee The minority party's final chance to change or stall a bill just before the vote on passage. It almost always fails; when it succeeds, the bill does not get its final vote that day. Motion to recommit rejected 209 yes · 213 no

    See who voted how →

    01/13/2026 · Roll call 20 · recorded as “On Motion to Recommit”