[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 636 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 636

  To amend section 207(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
  eliminate the partial overtime exemption for employees that perform 
 services necessary and incidental to the sale and processing of green 
                        and cigar leaf tobacco.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 207(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
  eliminate the partial overtime exemption for employees that perform 
 services necessary and incidental to the sale and processing of green 
                        and cigar leaf tobacco.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1.--This Act may be cited as ``the Tobacco Workers Equity 
Act''.
    Sec. 2.--The Congress finds that there are no reasons why employees 
engaged in the handling and processing of green leaf and cigar leaf 
tobacco should be excluded from the full protections of the overtime 
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Specifically, the 
Congress finds that the special retention of the partial overtime 
exemption for employees that perform services necessary and incidental 
to the sale and processing of green and cigar leaf tobacco in section 
9(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974, Public Law No. 93-
259, can no longer be justified by reasons of public policy or any 
other consideration. Accordingly, this Act repeals section 9(a) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974, thereby granting tobacco 
workers the same protections as apply generally to employees in 
industries related to the handling and processing of agricultural 
commodities.
    Sec. 3.--Section 207(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act is hereby 
repealed.
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