[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3094 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3094

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
  exemption from the overtime compensation provisions of such Act for 
professional employees of contractors and subcontractors of the Federal 
                              Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 1996

  Mr. Graham 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 provide for an 
  exemption from the overtime compensation provisions of such Act for 
professional employees of contractors and subcontractors of the Federal 
                              Government.

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

SECTION 1. OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR AND 
              SUBCONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES.

    Section 13(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
213(b)) is amended by striking the period at the end of paragraph (30) 
and inserting ``; or'' and by adding after paragraph (30) the 
following:
            ``(31) any employee of a contractor or subcontractor of a 
        department, agency, instrumentality, or establishment of the 
        Federal Government while the employee is employed on a contract 
        with the Federal Government and is employed in a professional 
        capacity under regulations of the Secretary.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any cause of action 
relating to overtime compensation for the employees referred to in 
section 13(b)(31) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 which arose 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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