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119-hr-240119th CongressWALLET

Protect Local Farms Act

Sponsored By: Representative Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

Introduced

Summary

Preempts state overtime caps under 60 hours for agricultural workers. This bill would amend Section 18 of the Fair Labor Standards Act to make federal law override any state law that sets a maximum agricultural workweek below 60 hours.

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  • Agricultural workers in states with stricter workweek caps would be governed by the federal standard instead of those lower state limits, affecting how long they can be scheduled before state limits would have applied.
  • Farm employers in affected states would operate under the federal preemption and could schedule agricultural employees up to 60 hours per week without being subject to the state's lower maximums.
  • State governments would lose the ability to enforce agricultural workweek maximums that are less than 60 hours because those rules would be preempted by federal law.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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States couldn’t cap farm workweeks under 60 hours

This bill would block any state law that sets a farm workweek below 60 hours. Farm employers could schedule up to 60 hours a week without breaking state hour caps. Farm workers in states with shorter limits could lose those protections. If enacted, this would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

NY • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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