[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1589 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1589

   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the 
minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their 
       time in order to enhance their occupational opportunities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 1995

 Mr. Knollenberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
        the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the 
minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their 
       time in order to enhance their occupational opportunities.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Job Skill Development Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTEERS.

    Section 3(e)(4) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(C) The term `employee' does not include any individual who 
volunteers to perform services for an employer if--
            ``(i) for not more than 1,040 hours or 6 months, whichever 
        occurs first, the individual receives no compensation or is 
        paid expenses, reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee to perform 
        the services for which the individual volunteered;
            ``(ii) the individual has voluntarily agreed to perform 
        such services with no promise of employment by the employer;
            ``(iii) no regular employee has been laid off or terminated 
        by such employer from the position to be filled by such 
        individual; and
            ``(iv) no regular employee experiences a reduction in 
        hours, wages, or employment benefits as a result of the 
        services performed by such individual.''.
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