[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 484 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 484

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit State and local 
government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer or 
community organization or purpose without requiring the employer to pay 
                           them compensation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1997

Mrs. Myrick (for herself and Mr. Porter) 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 permit State and local 
government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer or 
community organization or purpose without requiring the employer to pay 
                           them compensation.

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

SECTION 1. VOLUNTEER SERVICES.

    Section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) The term `employee' does not include any individual--
            ``(A) who is employed by a public agency which is a State, 
        political subdivision of a State, or an interstate governmental 
        agency, and
            ``(B) who, solely at the individual's option, volunteers to 
        perform services for such public agency or volunteers to 
        perform services for a community organization or purpose,
if the individual receives no compensation for such volunteer services 
or is paid expenses, reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee to perform 
such volunteer services. No public agency employer may require 
(directly or indirectly) an employee to volunteer to perform services 
for such public agency or for a community organization or purpose.''.
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