Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10323 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10323 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2026 Mr. Takano (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Omar, Mr. Correa, and Mrs. Ramirez) 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 reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes. 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 ``Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act''. SEC. 2. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 7 (29 U.S.C. 207)-- (A) in subsection (a)-- (i) in paragraph (1)-- (I) by striking ``commerce, for a workweek longer than forty hours'' and all that follows through the period and inserting ``commerce--''; and (II) by adding at the end the following: ``(A) for a workweek longer than thirty-two hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of such hours at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed; or ``(B) for a workday-- ``(i) longer than eight hours, but not longer than 12 hours, unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of eight hours at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed; or ``(ii) longer than twelve hours unless such employee receives compensation for his