[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5813 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5813

To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise rules relating to changes to 
the exemptions from overtime pay requirements for certain employees to 
  provide a gradual schedule for such changes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2016

 Mr. Schrader (for himself, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Cuellar, and 
 Ms. Graham) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise rules relating to changes to 
the exemptions from overtime pay requirements for certain employees to 
  provide a gradual schedule for such changes, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Overtime Reform and Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF OVERTIME PAY RULES.

    Not later than December 1, 2016, the Secretary of Labor, without 
regard to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall revise the 
rule published in the Federal Register by the Department of Labor on 
May 23, 2016, relating to exemptions regarding the rates of pay for 
executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer 
employees. The Secretary shall--
            (1) revise sections 541.100(a)(1), 541.200(a)(1), 
        541.300(a)(1), and 541.400(b), of title 29, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, and any other sections of part 541 of such title 
        necessary to--
                    (A) provide that the rate of pay set forth in such 
                sections shall be--
                            (i) $692 per week effective December 1, 
                        2016;
                            (ii) $765 per week effective December 1, 
                        2017;
                            (iii) $839 per week effective December 1, 
                        2018; and
                            (iv) $913 per week effective December 1, 
                        2019; and
            (2) nullify the provisions in section 541.607 of such title 
        that provide for automatic updates to amounts of salary and 
        compensation required for such exemptions.

SEC. 3. UPDATING SALARY LEVELS.

    The Secretary of Labor may only update any rate of pay related to 
the exemptions in the rule described in section 3 through a rulemaking 
in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
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