[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 487 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 487

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that over-the-
   road bus drivers are covered under the maximum hours requirements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2013

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that over-the-
   road bus drivers are covered under the maximum hours requirements.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Driver Fatigue Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.

    Section 13(b)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
213(b)(1)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: 
``except a driver of an `over-the-road bus' as defined in section 
3038(a)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(Public Law 105-178; 49 U.S.C. 5310 note)''.
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