[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1943 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1943

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt inmates from 
  the minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of such Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 1996

 Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Mack, 
  Mr. Bryan, and Mr. Conrad) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt inmates from 
  the minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of such Act, 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.

    (a) In General.--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 (16) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(17) any individual who is an inmate of a penal or other 
        correctional institution and who participates in a correctional 
        work program, that is sanctioned by a Federal or State 
        corrections agency or that is administered by a nonprofit 
        organization authorized by State law to conduct a correctional 
        work program on behalf of the State, except that this paragraph 
        shall not apply to a convict or prisoner who participates in a 
        prison work pilot program pursuant to section 1761(c) of title 
        18, United States Code.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) shall 
take effect as if enacted on the date of enactment of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
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