Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2771
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-02
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees

Labor standards

Licensing and registrations

Outdoor recreation

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Public contracts and procurement

Sports and recreation facilities

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements to an employee of a recreational establishment engaged in providing services or facilities directly related to outfitting and guiding or similar outdoor recreation activities, or rental of outdoor recreational equipment. Federal agencies shall notify their contractors of the applicability of this exemption.</p> <p> This bill exempts from service contract labor standards and paid sick leave requirements contracts with the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that provide services directly related to the recreational activities specified by this bill.</p>   <p> <p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2771 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 2, 2017 Mr. Stewart (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Chaffetz , Mrs. Love , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Tipton , Mr. Amodei , Mr. LaMalfa , Ms. Cheney , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Rogers of Kentucky , Mr. Cook , Mr. Cole , Mr. Meadows , and Mr. Franks of Arizona ) 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 revise an exemption to the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of that Act for certain seasonal workers in national parks and forests, and to amend title 41, United States Code, to include an exemption for contracts providing services directly related to recreational activities to the general public, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act . 2. Exemption for certain seasonal workers Section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3) ) is amended— (1) by striking except that and all that follows through Secretary of Agriculture ; and (2) by inserting before the semicolon the following: , provided that, for the purposes of this paragraph, and notwithstanding the definition of establishment in section 779.23 of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, an employee of an entity engaged in providing services or facilities directly related to outfitting and guiding or similar outdoor recreation activities, or rental of outdoor recreational equipment (including services, facilities, or equipment relating to rafting, boating, zip lines, campgrounds, horseback riding, bicycling, hiking, guest ranches, summer camps, hunting, and fishing), or a private entity engaged in providing services and facilities directly related to skiing, shall be considered an employee employed by an establishment which is a recreational establishment . 3. Exemption for service contracts directly related to certain recreational activities Section 6702(b) of title 41, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (6), by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period after stations and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding after paragraph (7) the following: (8) a contract with the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, the principal purpose of which is to provide services to the general public directly related to outfitting and guiding or similar outdoor recreation activities, or rental of outdoor recreational equipment (including services, facilities, or equipment relating to rafting, boating, zip lines, campgrounds, horseback riding, bicycling, hiking, guest ranches, summer camps, hunting, skiing, and fishing). . 4. Notification of change of exemptions (a) In general In connection with any contract, permit, license, or other agreement as described in section 6702(b)(8) of title 41, United States Code (as added by this Act), and entered into between the Federal Government and an employer of an employee described in section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3) ) as amended in this Act, the head of the agency that entered into such contract, permit, license, or other agreement shall— (1) notify the holder of such contract, permit, license, or other agreement, of the applicability of the exemptions in such sections, as amended by this Act; and (2) modify such contract, permit, license, or other agreement to reflect the change to such exemptions as a result of the amendments made by sections 2 and 3, including by removal of the contract clause set forth in Appendix A of part 10 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, if such clause is included in such contract, permit, license, or other agreement, without requiring consideration or any other amendment to the terms and conditions of such contract, permit, license, or other agreement. (b) Rule of construction No action taken under this section shall be considered a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment within the meaning of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 5. Exemption from paid sick leave The contracts as described in section 6702(b)(8) of title 41, United States Code (as added by this Act), shall not be considered to be contracts or contract-like instruments within the meaning of the Executive order establishing paid sick leave for Federal contractors, issued September 7, 2015.