U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10372: FABRIC Act
Status: In committee, September 14, 2026
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 14, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change Act or the FABRIC Act . SECTION 2. Payment and liability requirements in the garment industry (a) In general The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ) is amended-- (1) by inserting after section 7 ( 29 U.S.C. 207 ) the following: SECTION 8. Requirements for the garment industry (a) Prohibition against payment by piece rate No employer shall pay an employee employed in the garment industry, who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, by the piece or unit, or by piece rate. (b) Hourly rates (1) In general An employer shall pay each employee employed in the garment industry, who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or …
Sponsors
- Jerrold Nadler (D, HD-012) · primary sponsor
- Deborah Ross (D, HD-002)
- Don Beyer (D, HD-008)
- Maxwell Frost (D, HD-FL-10)
- Robert Garcia (D, HD-CA-42)
- Daniel Goldman (D, 10)
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Stephen Lynch (D, HD-008)
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is HB10372?
- HB10372 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): FABRIC Act.
- What does HB10372 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10372?
- In committee as of September 14, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (September 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10372?
- Jerrold Nadler (D, HD-012), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10372?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10372
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