[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2017 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2017

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

                            October 26, 2017

 Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Franken, and 
 Mrs. Gillibrand) 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' characterized by an 
elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment.''.
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