S. 2486: Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-18 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3812-3813)

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Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3812-3813) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act

Plain summary

Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish salary thresholds for the exemption of executive, administrative, and professional employees from federal minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (allowing these individuals to receive overtime pay.) Establishes salary thresholds also for exemption of highly compensated employees from these FLSA requirements, if the Secretary of Labor determines such employees may be exempted. Prescribes a fine for any employer who repeatedly or willfully violates the FLSA requirement to make, keep, and preserve records of employees and their wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of employment.

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Official text

Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · 8 cosponsors

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Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s2486.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s2486 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113