II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3877 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2010 Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Harkin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Port-to-Portal Act of 1947 to suspend the statute of limitations for certain rights of action under the Fair Labor Standards Act during investigations by the Secretary of Labor.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Wage Theft Prevention Act.

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Tolling of statute of limitations

Section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Act (29 U.S.C. 255) is amended— (1)by striking the period at the end inserting ; and; and (2)by adding at the end the following: (e)with respect to any eventual cause of action described in this section, the running of the statutory periods of limitation set forth in this section shall be tolled from the date the Secretary of Labor provides notice to the employer of any investigation related to such cause of action, until the date the Secretary provides notice to the employer that such investigation has concluded. .