,,iii #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #bj ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,june #bi1 #bjag,mr4 ,brown 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,franken1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mr4 ,menendez7 submitted the following concurrent resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions ,,concurrent ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of ,congress that the overtime rule published in the ,federal ,register by the ,secretary of ,labor on ,may #bc1 #bjaf1 would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the ,secretary under the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich4 ,whereas the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 established overtime compensation requirements for certain employees when they work more than #dj hours in a given workweek2 ,whereas under section #ac7;a77#a7 of the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bac7;a77#a771 ,congress delegated to the ,secretary of ,labor the authority to define and delimit the terms relating to the exemption for bona fide executive1 administrative1 and professional employees 7commonly known as the white collar exemption72 ,whereas for more than #ge years1 the ,secretary of ,labor has exercised its delegated authority to issue regulations that define and delimit the terms relating to the white collar exemption by applying a duties test and applying a minimum compensation level or salary threshold2 ,whereas the ,secretary of ,labor began utilizing a salary threshold in the initial regulations defining and delimiting the terms relating to the white collar exemption1 which were first issued in #aich2 ,whereas ,congress has long approved the use of a salary threshold by the ,secretary of ,labor1 as demonstrated by the fact that ,congress has amended the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich at least #aj times since #aich and has not precluded the ,secretary from using a salary threshold2 ,whereas the salary threshold became woefully out of date and ineffective as a result of not being sufficiently updated to keep pace with a changing economy1 as evidenced by the fact that more than half of all full-time salaried workers were covered by the salary threshold in #aige and only #h percent of these workers were covered by the salary threshold in #bjae2 ,whereas the salary threshold of #dee per week1 or #bc1ffj per year1 that was in effect on ,may #bb1 #bjaf1 was below the poverty line for a family of #d2 ,whereas the ,secretary of ,labor updated the salary threshold on ,may #bc1 #bjaf1 through a final rule entitled ,defining and ,delimiting the ,exemptions for ,executive1 ,administrative1 ,professional1 ,outside ,sales and ,computer ,employees 7#ha ,fed4 ,reg4 #cbcia7 by increasing the salary threshold to the #djth percentile of earnings of full-time salaried employees in the lowest-wage ,census ,region1 resulting in a salary threshold of #iac per week or #dg1dgf per year2 ,whereas the final rule would benefit more than #ac1jjj1jjj employees by providing overtime compensation protections to #d1bjj1jjj new employees and strengthening overtime compensation protections for #h1ijj1jjj additional employees2 ,whereas the ,secretary of ,labor went through a thorough process in crafting the final rule1 seeking public input and conducting extensive economic analysis1 including-- 7#a7 spending more than a year meeting with more than #bjj interested parties to obtain input before issuing the proposed rule in #bjae2 7#b7 considering more than #bgj1jjj comments received during the #fj-;day public comment period on the proposed rule2 and 7#c7 making significant changes in response to public input before issuing the final rule2 ,whereas the public comments submitted to the ,secretary of ,labor regarding the proposed rule were overwhelmingly positive and supportive of the rule2 ,whereas the increase in the salary threshold1 included in the final rule1 to the #djth percentile of earnings of full-time salaried employees in the lowest-wage ,census ,region1 resulting in a threshold of #iac per week or #dg1dgf per year1 was a strong yet measured increase by almost any measure1 including as compared to-- 7#a7 the higher salary threshold of #igj per week or #ej1ddj per year1 initially put forward by the ,secretary of ,labor in the proposed rule2 7#b7 the salary threshold of #ihd per week or #ea1afh per year1 which would be necessary to fully account for the erosion to the value of the salary threshold since #aige due to inflation2 7#c7 the salary threshold of #a1abb per week or #eh1cdd per year1 which would be necessary to cover the same share of all salaried workers as were covered in #aige after accounting for changes in the economy2 and 7#d7 the salary threshold of #a1cbg per week or #fi1jjd per year1 which would be necessary to cover the same percentage of all salaried workers as were covered in #aige2 ,whereas the ,united ,states ,district ,court for the ,eastern ,district of ,texas erroneously called the authority of the ,secretary of ,labor under the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich into question when it issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the ,department of ,labor from enforcing the final overtime rule2 and ,whereas millions of workers eagerly await a fair day's pay for a hard day's work3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the sense of ,congress that the final rule issued on ,may #bc1 #bjaf1 by the ,secretary of ,labor entitled ,defining and ,delimiting the ,exemptions for ,executive1 ,administrative1 ,professional1 ,outside ,sales and ,computer ,employees 7#ha ,fed4 ,reg4 #cbcia7-- 7#a7 would provide more than #ac1jjj1jjj workers with greater economic security2 7#b7 was created through the legally valid exercise of the congressionally delegated authority of the ,secretary of ,labor under the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich2 and 7#c7 should be defended and enforced with due haste4