House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and Guiding Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess Owens R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3499.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 84, May 19, 2025, Page H2147):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3499, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Blake Moore (R-UT), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.