H.R.7917

Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act

Introduced·3/12/26
Introduced

H. R. 7917

Introduced in House · March 28, 2026

March 12, 2026

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Bell, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Norton, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Simon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carson, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Pingree, Ms. McBride, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Balint, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Omar, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Strickland, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Nadler, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Frost, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. García of Illinois, and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that certain caregiving employees are no longer exempted from overtime and minimum wage protections.

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 “Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act”.