Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and Guiding Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3499 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3499

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 
    employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding 
       services from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2025

Mr. Owens (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 
    employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding 
       services from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and 
Guiding Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR 
              RECREATIONAL OUTFITTING OR GUIDING SERVICES.

    Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is 
amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) any employee primarily engaged in outdoor 
        recreational outfitting (including equipment rentals) or 
        guiding services, and employed by a business providing such 
        outfitting or services, that--
                    ``(A) does not operate for more than seven months 
                in any calendar year; or
                    ``(B) had average receipts for any six months of 
                the preceding calendar year that were not more than 
                33\1/3\ per centum of its average receipts for the 
                other six months of such year; or''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to wages 
and overtime compensation required to be paid for workweeks beginning 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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