,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #a1 #bjbb,mrs4
 ,hinson introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act  
of #aich to exclude certain activities  
from hours worked1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,flexibility for    
,workers ,education ,act4  #b4          
,treatment of attendance or             
participation in certain activities  7a7
 ,in general ,section #c7o7 of the ,fair
 ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi   
,u4,s4,c4 #bjc7o77 is amended to read as
 follows3  7o7 ,hours worked ,in        
determining for the purposes of sections
 #f and #g the hours for which an       
employee is employed1 there shall be    
excluded-- 7#a7 any time spent in       
changing clothes or washing at the      
beginning or end of each workday which  
was excluded from measured working time 

during the week involved by the express 
terms of or by custom or practice under 
a bona fide collective-bargaining       
agreement applicable to the particular  
employee2 and  7#b7 any time spent      
attending or participating in lectures1 
education or training programs1 and     
similar activities1 regardless of       
whether the activity is offered or      
facilitated by the employer1 provided   
that-- 7,a7 such attendance or          
participation occurs outside of the     
employee's regular working hours2  7,b7 
such attendance or participation is     
voluntary and the continuation of       
employment and the working conditions   
related to such employment is not       
adversely affected by non-attendance or 
non-participation2 and  7,c7 the        
employee does not perform any productive
 work for the employer during such      
attendance or participation4  4  7b7    
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to hours worked on or after the date of 

enactment of this ,act4