To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption for houseparents from the minimum wage and maximum hours requirements of that Act, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2531.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-592 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 23, 1996.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 1996 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/592

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2531, 104th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/2531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18d8757e673cb3f4f22806aa7a2563a2a0c1905b7bb124dbd46b54383b14a988

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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