Save America's Pastime Act

Bill: 114-hr-5580
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2016-06-24
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Athletes

Labor standards

Professional sports

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Save America's Pastime Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements any employee who has contracted to pay baseball at the minor league level.</p> <p>The bill shall not be construed to require application of maximum hours requirements to any employee who has contracted to play baseball at the major league level.</p> <p>No employer shall be subject to liability or punishment on account of any violations of minimum wage, maximum hours, or specified recordkeeping requirements regarding any work performed before, on, or after enactment of this bill. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5580 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2016 Mr. Guthrie (for himself and Mrs. Bustos ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To clarify certain requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to minor league baseball players.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Pastime Act . 2. Minimum wage and overtime hours exemptions (a) In general Section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (18), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (19) any employee who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (k) Subsection (a)(19) shall not be construed to require the provisions of section 7 to apply to any employee who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the major league level. . (b) Applicability Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 216 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) In any action or proceeding commenced before, on, or after the date of enactment of the Save America’s Pastime Act , no employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment under this Act on account of any violation of section 6, 7, or 11(c) with respect to any work performed before, on, or after such date of enactment for which the exemption under section 13(a)(19) is applicable. .