# 119-hr-240: Protect Local Farms Act

119-hr-240, Protect Local Farms Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-240
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Local Farms Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2025-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- States couldn’t cap farm workweeks under 60 hours: mixed, medium. 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.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-240 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/240)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-240 (as of 2026-10-24).