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House Roll Call 57, 105th Congress · March 19, 1997

(HOUSE REJECTED THE MILLER OF CALIFORNIA AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, AS MODIFIED, THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM SOLICITING EMPLOYEES TO TAKE COMPENSATORY TIME; REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF LABOR TO DEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EMPLOYEE DECISION TO ACCEPT IT; PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM OFFERING COMPENSATORY TIME UNLESS THE EMPLOYER OFFERS ALL EMPLOYEES 24 HOURS OF LEAVE THAT MAY BE USED FOR FAMILY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR MEDICAL CARE; PROHIBIT COMPENSATORY TIME TO EMPLOYEES WHO WORK LESS THAN 35 HOURS PER WEEK, WORK LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, ARE SEASONAL, OR ARE EMPLOYED IN THE CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURAL, GARMENT, OR ANY INDUSTRY DESIGNATED BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR; PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT DENY COMPENSATORY TIME WHERE THE LEAVE IS PROTECTED BY THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT; LIMIT THE MAXIMUM HOURS ACCRUED TO 80 HOURS ANNUALLY; SPECIFY THAT EMPLOYERS MAY NOT CONDITION BENEFITS OR AVAILABILITY OF OVERTIME UPON AN EMPLOYEE'S DECISION TO ACCEPT, REJECT, OR USE COMPENSATORY TIME; AND CREATE A COMMISSION ON WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

193 yea · 237 nayFailed2 not voting or present
Democrat188 yea · 13 nay
Republican4 yea · 224 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1

Working Families Flexibility Act of 1997

Policy area: Labor and Employment — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”

    model(0.95): Adds strict worker protections, caps, and mandatory leave provisions to comp-time legislation.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (193)

Nay (237)

Not voting or present (2)

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