[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2891 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2891

  To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited 
overtime exemption for employees performing emergency medical services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 1997

Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Ehrlich) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited 
overtime exemption for employees performing emergency medical services.

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

SECTION 1. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

    Section 7(k) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
207(k)) is amended in the matter before paragraph (1)--
            (1) by striking ``or any employee'' and inserting ``, any 
        employee'', and
            (2) by inserting before ``if'' the following: ``, or any 
        paramedic, emergency medical technician, or rescue and 
        ambulance service personnel trained to provide emergency 
        medical services and to provide transport of persons receiving 
        such services or transport of persons to receive such 
        services''.
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