H.R. 2270 · Where this bill is now
Waiting for a House vote
Approved by committee Dec 18, 2025; no House vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryExcludes employer care benefits from overtime pay
When employers offer to pay for child care or elder care services for their employees, that benefit currently gets counted as part of an employee's regular pay rate—which affects how overtime pay is calculated. This bill says that shouldn't happen. Instead, employers could provide or pay for these care services without it changing the calculation for overtime pay.
How it affects you
If you're an employee whose employer offers child or elder care benefits, this could make those benefits more valuable to you. Right now, accepting them can reduce your overtime pay rate, but this bill would change that. Employers might also be more willing to offer these benefits if they don't affect how they calculate overtime costs.
Read the official summary (Reported to House, Dec 18, 2025)
Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2270
A BILL
Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Messmer (R-IN-8) · Introduced Mar 21, 2025 · Labor and Employment · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official 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.”
How Congress voted
Official roll callsHouse · On Motion to Recommit · Jan 13, 2026
Motion to Recommit Failed 209–213
| Party | Yes | No | Didn’t vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 209 | 0 | 4 |
| Republicans | 0 | 213 | 5 |
Congress votes on whole bills and amendments, not on single sections.
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 2 official versions.