H.Res. 988 · Where this bill is now
Adopted
House: Adopted Jan 13, 2026, 214–207 (roll call 17)
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryHouse rules for five labor-related bills
This is a procedural resolution that sets the rules for the House of Representatives to consider and debate five separate bills about labor and employment. The bills would make changes to retirement rules, hours worked calculations, overtime pay for child care providers, tipped employee definitions, and the definition of joint employers.
How it affects you
This resolution itself doesn't create any direct changes—it's simply the step that allows lawmakers to vote on five other bills. If those bills pass, they could potentially affect workers in retirement plans, hourly employees, people who provide child care, tipped workers, and people employed by multiple related companies, but this resolution only controls the debate process.
Read the official summary (Reported to House, Jan 12, 2026)
This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
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.
2nd SessionH.Res. 988
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7) · Introduced Jan 12, 2026 · Congress · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jan 13, 2026: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.”
How Congress voted
Official roll callsHouse · On Agreeing to the Resolution · Jan 13, 2026
Agreeing to the Resolution Passed 214–207
| Party | Yes | No | Didn’t vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 0 | 207 | 6 |
| Republicans | 214 | 0 | 4 |
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.