[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 917 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 917

   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the 
overtime exemption available to employees engaged in the transportation 
   and preparation of fruit and vegetables is available to employees 
     engaged in the transportation and preparation of sugar beets.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1997

  Mr. Crapo 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 that the 
overtime exemption available to employees engaged in the transportation 
   and preparation of fruit and vegetables is available to employees 
     engaged in the transportation and preparation of sugar beets.

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

SECTION 1. OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR SUGAR BEET EMPLOYEES.

    Section 13(b)(16)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 213(b)(16)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(including sugar beets)'' after 
        ``vegetables'', and
            (2) by inserting after ``from the farm'' the following: 
        ``or where temporarily stockpiled in conjunction with the 
        harvest''.
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