[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 267 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 267

  To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt garment and 
  certain other related employees from minimum wage and maximum hour 
                 requirements, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 2 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. Cochran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt garment and 
  certain other related employees from minimum wage and maximum hour 
                 requirements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM MINIMUM WAGE AND MAXIMUM HOUR REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
213(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and 
        inserting ``; or; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(16) any employee who constructs or assembles, at any 
        location, any garment or craft item intended to be displayed at 
        premises that are used for retail sales or fabrics, patterns, 
        notions or craft materials: Provided, That--
                    ``(A) the employee's work is voluntary;
                    ``(B) the patterns, fabric, and notions are 
                provided by the employers at no cost to the employees;
                    ``(C) the employees retain ownership of the model 
                garments after the display period; and
                    ``(D) the model garments are in fabrics, styles and 
                sizes determined by the employees to be appropriate for 
                the employees' use.''.

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