[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 793 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 793

   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt licensed 
  funeral directors and licensed embalmers from the minimum wage and 
            overtime compensation requirements of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1999

  Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Talent, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. 
   Myrick, and Mr. Metcalf) 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 exempt licensed 
  funeral directors and licensed embalmers from the minimum wage and 
            overtime compensation requirements of that Act.

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

SECTION 1. LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

    Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
213(a)) is amended by striking the period at the end of paragraph (17) 
and inserting ``; or'' and by adding after paragraph (17) the 
following:
            ``(18) any employee employed as a licensed funeral director 
        or a licensed embalmer.''.
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