[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4156 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4156

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

                            October 26, 2017

   Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Brady of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mrs. Napolitano) 
 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' characterized by an 
elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment.''.
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