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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3875 
To permit the Secretary of Labor to make an administrative determination 
of the amount of unpaid wages owed for certain violations of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act in the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2007 
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself and Mr. ISSA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To permit the Secretary of Labor to make an administrative 
determination of the amount of unpaid wages owed for 
certain violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 
the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DETERMINATION OF UNPAID WAGES RELATED 
TO CERTAIN VIOLATIONS IN THE NEW ORLE-
ANS REGION AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. 
(a) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY OF LABOR.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any viola-
tion described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Labor 
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may make an administrative determination of the amount 
of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensa-
tion, as the case may be, and an additional equal amount 
as liquidated damages owed to employees by an employer 
on account of such violations. Such determination shall be 
final unless, within 15 days after receipt of notice thereof 
by certified mail the person charged with the violation 
takes exception to the determination that the violations 
for which the amount of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid 
overtime compensation, as the case may be, occurred, in 
which event final determination of the violation and the 
amount of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime 
compensation, as the case may be, and an additional equal 
amount as liquidated damages owed to employees shall be 
made in an administrative proceeding after opportunity 
for hearing in accordance with section 554 of title 5, 
United States Code, and regulations promulgated by the 
Secretary. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The violations for which the ad-
ministrative determination in subsection (a) applies are 
violations of section 6 or 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206, 207)— 
(1) that occurred in the geographical jurisdic-
tion of the New Orleans District office of the Wage 
and Hours Division of the Department of Labor; 
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(2) that occurred after August 29, 2005; and 
(3) for which an action under section 16(b) of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
216(b)) may not be commenced on account of sec-
tion 6 of the Act of May 14, 1947 (61 Stat. 87). 
(c) PAYMENT AND ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary 
of Labor is authorized to supervise the payment of the 
unpaid minimum wages or the unpaid overtime compensa-
tion and an additional equal amount as liquidated dam-
ages owing to any employee or employees based on a deter-
mination made under subsection (a). The Secretary may 
bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to 
recover the amount of unpaid minimum wages or overtime 
compensation and an equal amount as liquidated damages. 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority provided under this sec-
tion shall cease to be in effect on December 31, 2012. 
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