Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act

Bill: 114-s-3462
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2016-09-29
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act</b></p> <p>This bill postpones from December 1, 2016, until June 1, 2017, the effective date of a 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.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3462 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2016 Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Collins , Mr. Alexander , Mr. Scott , and Mr. Flake ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a rule of the Department of Labor relating to income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act . 2. Effective date of rule (a) Effective date Notwithstanding the effective date set forth in the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to exemptions regarding the rates of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32552 (May 23, 2016)), such rule shall not take effect until June 1, 2017. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide authority for the rule described in subsection (a), nor any part thereof, that is not otherwise provided by law.