[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4172 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4172

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption 
    from the overtime requirements of that Act for law enforcement 
employees while at a police academy or other training facility pursuant 
 to an agreement between the public agency employing such employee and 
                   representatives of such employee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 1996

  Mr. Condit (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Riggs, Mr. 
  Fazio of California, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Campbell) 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 an exemption 
    from the overtime requirements of that Act for law enforcement 
employees while at a police academy or other training facility pursuant 
 to an agreement between the public agency employing such employee and 
                   representatives of such employee.

    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 ``Save Law Enforcement Training Act''.

SEC. 2. OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES AT TRAINING 
              FACILITY.

    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 at the end the following:
            ``(31) any employee who is employed in law enforcement 
        activities by a public agency which is a State or an interstate 
        governmental agency while such employee is in attendance--
                    ``(A) at apprenticeship training programs certified 
                and approved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship Training 
                of the Department of Labor, and
                    ``(B) pursuant to applicable provisions of a 
                collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of 
                understanding, or other agreement between the public 
                agency and representatives of such employee.
For purposes of paragraph (31), an employee is employed in law 
enforcement activities if such employee is a uniformed or plainclothed 
member of a body of officers and subordinates who are empowered by 
State statute or local ordinance to enforce laws designed to maintain 
public peace and order, to protect both life and property from 
accidental or willful injury, and to prevent and detect crimes and who 
has the power to arrest. Such term includes any employee working in a 
correctional facility.''.
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