[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2215 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2215

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to broaden an exemption 
   to the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of that Act for 
        certain seasonal workers in national parks and forests.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2015

   Mr. Stewart (for himself, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Zinke, Mrs. 
   Lummis, and Mr. Amodei) 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 broaden an exemption 
   to the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of that Act for 
        certain seasonal workers in national parks and forests.

    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 ``Outdoor Recreation Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SEASONAL WORKERS IN NATIONAL PARKS AND 
              FORESTS.

    Section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
213(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``except that'' and all that follows 
        through ``Secretary of Agriculture''; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, 
        provided that, for the purposes of this paragraph, an employee 
        of an entity engaged in providing services or facilities 
        directly related to outfitting and guiding or similar outdoor 
        recreation activities, or rental of outdoor recreational 
        equipment (including services, facilities, or equipment 
        relating to rafting, boating, zip lines, campgrounds, horseback 
        riding, bicycling, hiking, guest ranches, summer camps, 
        hunting, and fishing), or a private entity engaged in providing 
        services and facilities directly related to skiing, shall be 
        considered an employee employed by an establishment which is a 
        recreational establishment''.

SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF EXEMPTION.

    (a) In General.--In connection with any contract, permit, license, 
or other agreement entered into between the Federal Government and an 
employer of an employee described in section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3)) prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act, the head of the agency that entered into such contract, 
permit, license, or other agreement shall--
            (1) notify the holder of such contract, permit, license, or 
        other agreement, of the applicability of the exemption in such 
        section, as amended by this Act; and
            (2) modify such contract, permit, license, or other 
        agreement to reflect the change to such exemption as a result 
        of the amendment made by section 1, including by removal of the 
        contract clause set forth in Appendix A of part 10 of title 29, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, if such clause is included in such 
        contract, permit, license, or other agreement, without 
        requiring consideration or any other amendment to the terms and 
        conditions of such contract, permit, license, or other 
        agreement.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--No action taken under this section shall 
be considered a major Federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment within the meaning of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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