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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2215 

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to broaden an exemption 

to the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of that Act for 

certain seasonal workers in national parks and forests. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2015 

Mr. STEWART (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ZINKE, Mrs. LUMMIS, and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to broaden 

an exemption to the minimum wage and maximum hours 

provisions of that Act for certain seasonal workers in 

national parks and forests. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Outdoor Recreation 

5 Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SEASONAL WORKERS IN 

2 NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS. 

3 Section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

4 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that fol6 lows through ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’; and 

7 (2) by inserting before the semicolon the fol8 lowing: ‘‘, provided that, for the purposes of this 

9 paragraph, an employee of an entity engaged in pro10 viding services or facilities directly related to outfit11 ting and guiding or similar outdoor recreation activi12 ties, or rental of outdoor recreational equipment (in13 cluding services, facilities, or equipment relating to 

14 rafting, boating, zip lines, campgrounds, horseback 

15 riding, bicycling, hiking, guest ranches, summer 

16 camps, hunting, and fishing), or a private entity en17 gaged in providing services and facilities directly re18 lated to skiing, shall be considered an employee em19 ployed by an establishment which is a recreational 

20 establishment’’. 

21 SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF EXEMPTION. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—In connection with any contract, 

23 permit, license, or other agreement entered into between 

24 the Federal Government and an employer of an employee 

25 described in section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards 

26 Act (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3)) prior to the date of enactment 


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1 of this Act, the head of the agency that entered into such 

2 contract, permit, license, or other agreement shall— 

3 (1) notify the holder of such contract, permit, 

4 license, or other agreement, of the applicability of 

5 the exemption in such section, as amended by this 

6 Act; and 

7 (2) modify such contract, permit, license, or 

8 other agreement to reflect the change to such ex9 emption as a result of the amendment made by sec10 tion 1, including by removal of the contract clause 

11 set forth in Appendix A of part 10 of title 29, Code 

12 of Federal Regulations, if such clause is included in 

13 such contract, permit, license, or other agreement, 

14 without requiring consideration or any other amend15 ment to the terms and conditions of such contract, 

16 permit, license, or other agreement. 

17 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No action taken 

18 under this section shall be considered a major Federal ac19 tion significantly affecting the quality of the human envi20 ronment within the meaning of the National Environ21 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

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