[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5585 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5585

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2016

 Ms. Speier (for herself, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Schakowsky, and 
 Mr. Cartwright) 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 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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