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Adds a new definition (z) defining 'legal public holiday' as any legal public holiday specified in section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code.
Inserts a new section 8 establishing that employers subject to the Act must pay employees at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate for work performed on a legal public holiday.
Section 7(h)(2) is amended by inserting additional text (text of insertion is not provided in the section).
Strikes '6, 7, 11, and 12' and inserts '6, 7, 8, 11, and 12', adding section 8 to the list of sections referenced in 13(f).
Amends paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) to add 'section 8' to lists referencing sections 6 and 7.
Amends subsection (b) to replace references to unpaid minimum wages and unpaid overtime compensation to also include unpaid legal public holiday compensation and to insert references to 'section 6, 7, or 8'; amends subsection (c) to similarly include unpaid legal public holiday compensation and add references to section 8; and amends subsection (e)(2) to include section 8.
Strikes 'minimum wages or overtime compensation' and inserts 'minimum wages, overtime compensation, or legal public holiday compensation'.
Adds a new subsection (c) providing that no provision of the Act or order thereunder shall excuse noncompliance with any Federal or State law or municipal ordinance that (1) establishes a rate of compensation for work performed on a legal public holiday higher than the rate required under section 8, or (2) otherwise requires compensation for work performed on any other holiday that is greater than required under the Act.
Strikes 'sections 6 and 7' and inserts 'sections 6, 7, and 8'.
Repeals section 10 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 210).
And 1 more affected section...
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced February 12, 2026 by Ruben Gallego · Last progress February 12, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate