[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5520 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5520

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption 
 from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements for certain seasonal 
                          fireworks employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2002

    Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
 Sessions, and Mr. Hall of Texas) 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 an exemption 
 from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements for certain seasonal 
                          fireworks employees.

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

SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE AND MAXIMUM HOURS EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN 
              SEASONAL FIREWORKS EMPLOYEES.

    Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
213(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(9) any employee employed, on a seasonal basis, at a 
        facility or location the primary source of revenue of which is 
        derived from the sale of fireworks directly to consumers; or''.
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