Text of Senate Amendment 4695

Text of Senate Amendment 4695

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1405] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4695. Mr. KIM (for himself and Mrs. Murray) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME FOR CERTAIN CAREGIVERS. (a) Exemption Amendments.--Section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(15), by striking ``casual basis in domestic service employment'' and all that follows through ``of the Secretary)'' and inserting the following: ``casual basis to provide babysitting services''; and (2) by repealing subsection (b)(21). (b) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(z) `Babysitting services'-- ``(1) means the custodial care and protection of infants or children in or about a private home in which the infants or children reside; and ``(2) does not include services relating to the care and protection of infants or children which are performed by trained personnel, such as registered, vocational, or practical nurses, and home care workers, including home health aides and personal care aides. ``(aa) `Casual basis', with respect to the provision of babysitting services-- ``(1) means employment which is irregular or intermittent (as defined and delimited by the Secretary), and which is not performed by an individual whose vocation is babysitting; and ``(2) may include the performance of household work not related to the provision of babysitting services, so long as the time performing such work does not exceed 20 percent of the total hours worked while providing babysitting services.''. ______