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<dc:title>118 S5362 IS: Fair Ball Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-11-20</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 5362</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20241120">November 20, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S253">Mr. Durbin</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S341">Mr. Blumenthal</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S364">Mr. Murphy</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S422">Mr. Welch</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S247">Mr. Wyden</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S408">Mr. Hickenlooper</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSHR00">Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding the application of wage and hour provisions to minor league baseball players, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="idFD00805B11A0419885581D5434621611" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Fair Ball Act</short-title></quote>. </text></section><section id="id28f8543e1a0d43ee831499189daf6ade"><enum>2.</enum><header>Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to minor league baseball players</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13(a)(19) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/213">29 U.S.C. 213(a)(19)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a contract</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>an unexpired collective bargaining agreement.</quote>.</text></section></legis-body></bill> 

