,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cfi #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bbfb
 ,report ,no4 #aai-dbc ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march  
#ba1 #bjbe,mrs4 ,hinson 7for herself1   
,ms4 ,letlow1 and ,mr4 ,messmer7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,workforce  ,december    
#cj1 #bjbe,reported with an amendment1  
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,march #ba1 #bjbe 
,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 an        
education or training program or a      
similar activity 7such as a lecture71   
regardless of whether the program or    
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 voluntary1 and the     
employer does not take adverse action   
against the employee on the basis that  
such employee does not so attend or     
participate2 and  7,c7 the employee does
 not perform any 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         
,december #cj1 #bjbe,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed