Small Business Survival from Disaster Act

Bill: 114-s-3429
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2016-09-28
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Small Business Survival from Disaster Act</b></p> <p>This bill postpones from December 1, 2016, until December 1, 2018, the effective date of final rule of the Department of Labor revising income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer (&quot;white collar&quot;) employees exempt from regular minimum wage and overtime pay requirements with respect to any states in which, after August 14, 2016, the President has declared that a major disaster exists. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3429 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 28, 2016 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To delay the implementation of the overtime rule submitted by the Department of Labor entitled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees for a period of 2 years in States in which the President has declared that a major disaster exists.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Survival from Disaster Act . 2. Delaying implementation of overtime rule for States with major disasters (a) Delayed effective date Notwithstanding the effective date set forth in the rule submitted by the Department of Labor entitled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32391 (May 23, 2016)), such rule shall not take effect until December 1, 2018, with respect to any State described in subsection (b). (b) States with major disaster declarations A State described in this subsection is a State in which, not prior to August 14, 2016, the President has declared that a major disaster exists under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ).