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Keep Every Extra Penny Act of 2024

H.R. 8938 · 118th Congress · Jul 8, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude overtime compensation from gross income for purposes of the income tax.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Keep Every Extra Penny Act of 2024”.

Sec. 2 Exclusion of overtime compensation from gross income

(a)
In general— Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 139I the following new section:

“139J. Overtime compensation

“Gross income shall not include overtime compensation required under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.”

(b)
Clerical amendment— The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 139I the following new item:
(c)
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts received after the date of the enactment of this Act.