Key Votes
HR 1 - Compensatory Time Bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Alcee Hastings, Sr. voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - March 20, 1997
Title: Compensatory Time Bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows workers to collect compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay from employers.
Highlights:
- Sets the minimum compensatory time off rate at 1 1/2 hours per hour worked.
- Excludes employees who have worked less than 1000 hours in a 12 month period of continuous employment from qualifying for compensatory time off.
- Prohibits employees from collecting more than 160 hours of compensatory time off annually.
- Bans employers from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee to use compensatory time or to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (222-210) - March 19, 1997 (Key vote)
Title: Compensatory Time Bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows workers to collect compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay from employers.
Highlights:
- Sets the minimum compensatory time off rate at 1 1/2 hours per hour worked.
- Excludes employees who have worked less than 1000 hours in a 12 month period of continuous employment from qualifying for compensatory time off.
- Prohibits employees from collecting more than 160 hours of compensatory time off annually.
- Bans employers from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee to use compensatory time or to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment.
Sponsors
- Cass Ballenger (NC - ) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Richard Hugh Baker (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Laurence 'Bob' Barr Jr. (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- William E. 'Bill' Barrett (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas J. 'Tom' Bliley Jr. (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roy Blunt (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Boehner (OH - R)
- Jim Bunning (KY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Richard M. Burr (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ken S. Calvert (CA - R)
- Thomas J. 'Tom' Campbell (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles T. Canady (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Lynn Christensen (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Howard Coble (NC - R)
- Thomas Allen 'Tom' Coburn (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Merrill A. Cook (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher Cox (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara L. Cubin (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Randall H. 'Duke' Cunningham (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nathan Deal (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas Dale 'Tom' DeLay (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jay W. Dickey (AR - ) (Out Of Office)
- Calvin M. 'Cal' Dooley (CA - ) (Out Of Office)
- John T. Doolittle (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- David T. Dreier (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John J. 'Jimmy' Duncan Jr. (TN - R)
- Jennifer B. Dunn (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Vernon J. 'Vern' Ehlers (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert L. 'Bob' Ehrlich Jr. (MD - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jo Ann Emerson (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Harris W. Fawell (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Foley (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tillie K. Fowler (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon David Fox (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- John 'Greg' Ganske (IA - ) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Gibbons (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R)
- William F. 'Bill' Goodling (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Porter J. Goss (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kay Granger (TX - R)
- James C. 'Jim' Greenwood (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- James V. Hansen (UT - ) (Out Of Office)
- J. Dennis 'Denny' Hastert (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard 'Doc' Hastings (WA - R)
- John David 'J.D.' Hayworth Jr. (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Walter 'Wally' Herger Jr. (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Van Hilleary (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- William 'Asa' Hutchinson (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Bob' Inglis Sr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel Robert 'Sam' Johnson (TX - R)
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. (NC - R)
- Scott L. Klug (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph K. 'Joe' Knollenberg (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- James T. 'Jim' Kolbe (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas P. 'Tom' Latham (IA - R)
- Steven C. 'Steve' LaTourette (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald A. 'Don' Manzullo (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill McCollum (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- David M. McIntosh (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon (CA - R)
- Dan Miller (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Susan Molinari (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Suellen W. 'Sue' Myrick (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert William 'Bob' Ney (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Anne Meagher Northup (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald Ernest 'Ron' Paul (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- William 'Bill' Paxon (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edward A. 'Ed' Pease (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John E. Peterson (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' Petri (WI - R)
- Deborah D. Pryce (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- George P. Radanovich (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank Duncan Riggs (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert R. 'Bob' Riley (AL - ) (Out Of Office)
- James E. Rogan (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dana T. Rohrabacher (CA - R)
- Marge S. Roukema (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Matthew 'Matt' Salmon (AZ - ) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Scarborough (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel L. 'Dan' Schaefer (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Schaffer (CO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher H. Shays (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph R. 'Joe' Skeen (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lamar S. Smith (TX - R)
- Nick Smith (MI - ) (Out Of Office)
- Vincent K. Snowbarger (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Floyd Davidson Spence (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Stenholm (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Talent (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick Stephen 'Fred' Upton (MI - R)
- Wesley 'Wes' Watkins (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Julius Caesar 'J.C.' Watts Jr. (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Weldon (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
