HR 2262passed_one119th Congress

Flexibility for Workers Education Act

Introduced Mar 21, 2025House billPolicy area: Labor and EmploymentLast action Jan 13, 2026Sponsor: Ashley Hinson(R-IA)

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Education and Workforce Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jan 13, 2026

What the bill does

Flexibility for Workers Education Act This bill modifies the definition of hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude certain voluntary training that occurs outside an employee's regular working hours. Such training does not count as hours worked even if it is offered by the employer, provided that an employee's working conditions are not adversely affected by choosing not to participate and the employee does not perform any work for the employer during the training.

Latest official action

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$19.7M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Mar 21, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by 1HUDDLE INC

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by 1HUDDLE INC

Jan 13, 2026vote

Official Congressional Actions

Jan 13, 2026Floor

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.

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Jan 13, 2026Floor

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2262, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Norcross demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

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Jan 13, 2026Floor

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2262.

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Jan 13, 2026Floor

On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 19).

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	$19.3M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	AERAUTAVI
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION	INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION	$390.0K	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	LBRTAXFIN
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Lateefah Simon	D	nay	Jan 13, 2026
Thomas P. Tiffany	R	yea	Jan 13, 2026
Bennie G. Thompson	D	nay	Jan 13, 2026
Juan Vargas	D	nay	Jan 13, 2026

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.