H.R. 2270House bill · 119th CongressIn progress3 votes from flippingLabor and Employment

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

Sponsored byMark B. MessmerR-IN-8Introduced Mar 21, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Jan 13, 2026) POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Dec 18, 2025

This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay.

Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. This rate is an average hourly rate that must include certain types of pay, such as commissions. The bill specifies that an employer can provide or pay for child or dependent care services without the value of the services being included in this calculation.

Face Value

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How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out

What Congress did

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  • On decisive vote

    House · Jan 13, 2026

    The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.

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    Failed

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