Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-2515
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2017-05-18
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Labor

Labor standards

Retail and wholesale trades

Travel and tourism

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise regulations to remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept. An establishment having no retail concept may not claim the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. </p> <p>Until Labor completes such a revision, a travel agency shall be considered an establishment having a retail concept.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2515 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2017 Mr. Francis Rooney of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Labor to remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept for the purposes of certain exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act . 2. Removal of travel agencies (a) Change of regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall revise the regulations set forth in section 779.317 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, to remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept. (b) Interim effect Until the Secretary completes the revisions required by subsection (a) and not withstanding section 779 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, a travel agency shall not be considered an establishment having no retail concept for the purposes of certain exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.