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56 PUBLIC LAW 88-38-JUNE 10,1963 [77 STAT.

to transfer to the city or county jurisdiction and maintenance of service roads which the Secretary constructs on park lands to properties that otherwise would be denied access because of the installation of the park tour road.
The Secretary of the Interior shall not, without first obtaining the consent of the city and county officials referred to in subsection (c), convert the portion of the existing road known as Confederate Avenue lying between Graveyard Road and Fort Garrott into a one-way park tour road with controlled access, or otherwise limit the use of such portion by local traffic, until the United States has provided for such alterations, relocations, and construction of local roads (including procurement of rights-of-way) as the Secretary and said officials agree are directly attributable to the installation of such park tour road.
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Upon the delivery and acceptance of the conveyances herein authorized, any jurisdiction heretofore ceded to the United States by the State of Mississippi over the lands and roads transferred shall thereby cease and thereafter rest in the State of Mississippi.

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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $2,050,000, as are required for acquisition of lands and interests in lands and for construction and relocation of roads pursuant to this Act.
Approved June 4, 1963.

J u r i s d i c t i o n. Appropriation.

J u ne 10, 1963 [S. 1409] Public Law 88-38 AN A CT To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the paynit^nt of wages hy employers engaged in commerce or in t he production of goods for commerce.

Be it enacted by the Seruite and Hou.se of Repre-sentatives of the Equal Pay Act United States of America, in Congres.s as.semhled, That tliis Act mav of 1963. be cited as the "P^qual Pay Act of 1963;'.

DECLARATION OF PXTKPOSE SEC.

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(a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce of wage differentials based on sex— (1) depresses wages and living standards for employees neces sary for their health and efficiency; (2) prevents the maximum utilization of the available labor I'esources; (3) tends to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening, affecting, and obstructing commerce; (4) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce: and (5) constitutes an unfair method of competition.
(b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act, through exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, to correct the conditions above referred to in such industries.

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Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C.

et seq.
et seq.

), is amended by adding thereto a new subsection (d) as follows: " ( d) (1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less Discrimination prohibited.

5 2 Stat.

1062; 63 Stat.

912.

29 u se 206.

77 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 88-38-JUNE 10, 1963 57 than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in such establishment for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions, except where such pay ment is made pursuant to (i) a seniority system; (ii) a merit system; (iii) a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (iv) a differential based on any other factor other than sex: Provided^ That an employer who is paying a wage rate differential in violation of this subsection shall not, in order to comply with the {>rovisions of this subsection, reduce the wage rate of any employee.
"(2) No labor organization, or its agents, representing employees of an employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall cause or attempt to cause such an employer to discrimi this nate against an employee in violation of paragraph subsection.

(1) of "(3) For purposes of administration and enforcement, any amounts owing to any employee which have been withheld in violation of this subsection shall be deemed to be unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation under this Act.
"(4) As used in this subsection, the term iabor organization' means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representa tion committee or plan, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employmejit, or conditions of work.''

"Labor organi- SEC.

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The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the Effective date, expiration of one year from the date of its enactment: Provided^ That in the case of employees covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement in effect at least thirty days prior to the date of enactment of this Act, entered into by a labor organization (as defined in section 6(d) (4) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended), the amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the termination of such collective bargaining agreement or upon the expiration of two years from the date of enactment of this Act, whichever shall first occur.
Approved June 10, 1963, 12:00 m.