An Act to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage rate under that Act, and for other purposes.
PL 95-151 (H.R.3744), enacted 11/01/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-151—NOV. 1, 1977 
91 STAT. 1245 
Public Law 95-151 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage 
rate under that Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SHORT T I T L E : REFERENCE TO ACT 
Nov. 1, 1977 
[H.R. 3744] 
Fair Labor 
Standards 
Amendments of 
1977. 
SECTION 1. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Fair Labor Standards 29 USC201 note. 
Amendments of 1977". 
(b) Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201-219). 
INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 6(a)(1) (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(1) not less than $2.65 an hour during the year beginning 
January 1, 1978, not less than $2.90 an hour during the year 
beginning January 1, 1979, not less than $3.10 an hour during 
the year beginning January 1, 1980, and not less than $3.35 an 
hour after December 31,1980, except as otherwise provided in this 
section;". 
(b) Section 6(a) (5) (29 U.S.C. 206(a) (5)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(5) if such employee is employed in agriculture, not less than 
the minimum wage rate in effect under paragraph (1) after 
December 31, 1977.". 
(c) Section 6(b) (29 U.S.C. 206(b)) is amended by striking out 
"wages at the following rates:" and paragraphs (1) through (4) and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "wages at the following rate: 
Effective after December 31, 1977, not less than the minimum wage 
rate in effect under subsection (a) (1).". 
(d)(1) Section 6(c) (29 U.S.C. 206(c)) is amended by striking 
out paragraphs (2) through (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"(2) (A) Each wage order rate under a wage order described in 
paragraph (1) which on December 31,1977, is at least $2 an hour shall, 
except as provided in paragraph (3), be increased— 
"(i) effective January 1, 1978, by $0.25 an hour or by such 
greater amount as may be recommended by a special industry 
committee under section 8, and 
"(ii) effective January 1, 1979, and January 1 of each succeed-
ing year, by $0.30 an hour or by such greater amount as may be 
so recommended by such a special industry committee. 
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Effective dates. 
Ante, p. 1245. 
Puerto Rico and 
the Virgin 
Islands. 
Industry 
committees, 
convention. 
29 u s e 208. 
Supra. 
Ante, p. 1245. 
Minimum Wage 
Study 
Commission. 
Establishment. 
Study. 
29 u s e 204 note. 
29 u s e 201. 
"(B) Each wage order rate under a wage order described in para-
graph (1) which on December 31, 1977, is less than $2 an hour shall, 
except as provided in paragraph (3), be increased— 
"(i) effective January 1, 1978, by $0.20 an hour or by such 
greater amount as may be recommended by a special industry 
committee under section 8, and 
"(ii) effective January 1, 1979, and January 1 of each succeed-
ing year— 
"(I) until such wage order rate is not less than $2.30 an 
hour, by $0.25 an hour or by such greater amount as may be 
so recommended by a special industry committee, and 
" (II) if such wage order rate is not less than $2.30 an hour, 
by $0.30 an hour or by such greater amount as may be so 
recommended by a special industry committee. 
"(C) In the case of any employee in agriculture who is covered by a 
wage order issued by the Secretary pursuant to the recommendations 
of a special industry committee appointed pursuant to section 5, to 
whom the rate or rates prescribed by subsection (a)(5) of this section 
would otherwise apply, and whose hourly wage is increased above the 
wage rate prescribed by such wage order by a subsidy (or income 
supplement) paid, in whole or in part, by the government of Puerto 
Rico, the applicable increases prescribed by subparagraph (A) or (B) 
shall be applied to the sum of the wage rate in effect under such wage 
order and the amount by which the employee's hourly wage is increased 
by the subsidy (or income supplement) above the wage rate in effect 
under such wage order.". 
(2) (A) Section 6(c) (1) is amended (i) by striking out "subsections 
(a) and (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (a) (1)", (ii) by 
inserting "(A)" before "heretofore", and (iii) by inserting before the 
period the following: ", and (B) which prescribes a wage order rate 
which is less than the wage rate in effect under subsection (a) (1)". 
(B) Paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 6(c) are redesignated as 
paragraphs (3) and (4),respectively. 
(C) Paragraph (3) of such section (as so redesignated) is amended 
(i) by striking out "subsection (a) or (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"subsection (a)(1)", and (ii) by striking out "such subsection" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (a) (1)". 
(D) Paragraph (4) of such section (as so redesignated) is amended 
by striking out "or (3)". 
(3) Section 8(a) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following new sentence: "The Secretary shall, from time to time, con-
vene an industry committee or committees, appointed pursuant to sec-
tion 6, and any such industry committee— 
"(1) shall, from time to time, recommend the minimum wage 
rates to be paid by employers who are in Puerto Rico, in the Vir-
gin Islands, or in both places and who but for section 6(c) would 
be subject to the minimum wage requirements of section 6(a) (1), 
and 
"(2) may, from time to time, recommend increases in the incre-
mental increases authorized by section 6(c) (2).". 
(e) (1) There is established the Minimum Wage Study Commission 
(hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the "Commission") which 
shall conduct a study of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the 
social, political, and economic ramifications of the minimum wage, 
overtime, and other requirements of that Act. Such study shall include 
but not be limited to— 
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91 STAT. 1247 
(A) the beneficial effects of the minimum wage, including its 
effect in ameliorating poverty among working citizens; 
(B) the inflationary impact (if any) of increases in the mini-
mum wage prescribed by that Act; 
(C) the effect (if any) such increases have on wages paid 
employees at a rate in excess of the rate prescribed by that Act; 
(D) the economic consequence (if any) of authorizing an auto-
matic increase in the rate prescribed in that Act on the basis of an 
increase in a wage, price, or other index; 
(E) the employment and unemployment effects (if any) of pro-
viding a different minimum wage rate for youth, and the employ-
ment and unemployment effects (if any) on handicapped and aged 
individuals of an increase in such rate and of providing a differ-
ent minimum wage rate for such individuals; 
(F) the effect (if any) of the full-time student certification pro-
gram on employment and unemployment; 
(G) the employment and unemployment effects (if any) of the 
minimum wage; 
(H) the exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime 
requirements of that Act; 
(I) the relationship (if any) between the Federal minimum 
wage rates and public assistance programs, including the extent 
to which employees at such rates are also eligible to receive food 
stamps and other public assistance; 
(J) the overall level of noncompliance with that Act; and 
(K) the demographic profile of minimum wage workers. 
(2) The Commission shall conduct a study concerning the extent 
to which the exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime 
requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 may apply to 
employees of conglomerates, and shall make a report, within one year 
after the date of the appointment of the members of the Commission, 
of the results of such study. For the purposes of this paragraph a 
"conglomerate" means an establishment (A) which controls, is con-
trolled by, or is under common control with, another establishment 
the activities of which are not related for a common business purpose 
to the activities of the establishment employing such employees and 
(B) whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done, when 
combined with the annual gross volume of sales made or business done 
by each establishment which controls, is controlled by, or is under 
common control with, the establishment employing such employee, 
exceeds $100,000,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level which 
are separately stated). The report shall include an analysis of the 
effects of eliminating the exemptions from the minimum wage and 
overtime requirements of such Act that may currently apply to the 
employees of such conglomerates. 
(3) The Commission shall make a report of the results of the study 
conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) thirty-six months after the date 
of the appointment of the members of the Commission. The report shall 
include such recommendations for legislation as the Commission deter-
mines are appropriate. The Commission may make interim or addi-
tional reports which it determines are appropriate. Each report shall 
be made to the President and to the Congress. The Commission shall 
cease to exist thirty days after the submission of the report required 
by this paragraph. 
(4) (A) The Commission shall consist of eight members as follows: 
(i) Two members appointed by the Secretary of Labor. 
Study and report. 
29 u s e 201. 
"Conglomerate." 
Report to 
President and 
Congress. 
Legislative 
recommenda-
tions. 
Interim reportsi. 
Termination. 
Membership. 
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Chairperson. 
Vacancies. 
Compensation. 
5 u s e 5332 note. 
Travel expenses. 
Rules. 
Hearings. 
Support services. 
Executive 
director, 
appointment. 
5 u s e 5101 et 
seq., 5331 et seq. 
5 u s e 5332 note. 
(ii) Two members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. 
(iii) Two members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(iv) Two members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare. 
The appointments authorized under this paragraph shall be made 
within 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection. 
(B) The Chairperson shall be selected by the members of the Com-
mission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers 
and shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made. 
(C) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii), members of the Commis-
sion who are officers or employees of the Federal Government shall 
serve without compensation. Other members, while engaged in the 
activities of the Commission, shall be paid at a rate equal to the per 
diem equivalent of the annual rate payable for grade GS-18 of the 
General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. 
(ii) While away from their homes or regular places of business in 
llie performance of services for the Commission, members of the Cora-
mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of 
title 5 of the United States Code. 
(5) (A) The Commission may prescribe such rules as may be nec-
essary to carry out its duties under this subsection. 
(B) The Commission may hold such hearings, sit and act at such 
times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as it 
deems advisable. 
(C) Upon request of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
department or agency is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, 
any of the personnel of such department or agency to the Commission 
to assist it in carrying out its duties under this subsection. 
(D) The Department of Labor shall furnish such professional, tech-
nical, and research assistance as required by the Commission. 
(E) The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the 
Commission on a reimbursable basis such administrative support serv-
ices as the Commission may request to carry out its duties under this 
subsection. 
(F) The Commission may secure directly from any department or 
agency of the United States such information as the Commission may 
lequire to carry out its duties under this subsection. Upon request of 
the Commission, the head of any such department or agency shall 
furnish such information to the Commission. 
(G) The Commission may use the United States mails in the same 
manner and upon the same conditions as other departments and agen-
cies of the United States. 
(6) (A) The Chairperson may appoint an executive director of the 
Commission who shall perform such duties as the Chairperson may 
prescribe. 
(B) With approval of the Chairperson, the executive director may 
appoint and fix the pay of such clerical personnel as are necessary for 
the Commission to carry out its duties. 
(C) The executive director and staff shall be appointed without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid without 
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay 
rates but at rates not in excess of the annual rate payable for grade 
GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title. 
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29 use 206, 
207. 
(D) The executive director, with the concurrence of the Chairperson, Experts and 
may obtain temporary and intermittent services of experts and conr consultants, 
sultants in accordance vsrith the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
TIP CREDIT 
SEC. 3. (a) Effective January 1,1978, section 3 (t) (29 U.S.C. 203 (t)) Effective dat 
is amended by striking out "$20" and inserting in lieu thereof "$30". 
(b) (1) Effective January 1,1979, section 3(m) (29 U.S.C. 203(m)) 
is amended by striking out "50 per centum" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "45 per centum". 
(2) Effective January 1, 1980, such section is amended by striking 
out "45 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "40 per centum". 
EMPLOYEES OF CONCESSIONERS IN NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS AND IN 
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 13(a)(3) (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3)) is amended Exemptions, 
by inserting before the semicolon the following: ", except that the 
exemption from sections 6 and 7 provided by this paragraph does not 
apply with respect to any employee of a private entity engaged in 
providing services or facilities (other than, in the case of the exemp-
tion from section 6, a private entity engaged in providing services and 
facilities directly related to skiing) in a national park or a national 
forest, or on land in the National Wildlife Refuge System, under a 
contract with the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture". 
(b) Section 13(b) (29 U.S.C. 213(b)) is amended (A) by striking 
out the period at the end of paragraph (28) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "; or", and (B) by adding after such paragraph the following 
new paragraph: 
"(29) any employee of an amusement or recreational establish-
ment located in a national park or national forest or on land in 
the National Wildlife Refuge System if such employee (A) is an 
employee of a private entity engaged in providing services or 
facilities in a national park or national forest, or on land in the 
National Wildlife Refuge System, under a contract with the Sec-
retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, and (B) 
receives compensation for employment in excess of fifty-six hours 
in any workweek at a rate not less than one and one-half times 
the regular rate at which he is employed.". 
SHADE-GROWN TOBACCO EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 5. Section 13(b) (22) (29 U.S.C. 213(b) (22)) is repealed. 
COTTON GINNING EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 13(b) (25) (29 U.S.C. 213(^b) (25)) is repealed, 
(b) Section 13 is amended by adding after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing new subsection : 
"(i) The provisions of section 7 shall not apply for a period or 
periods of not more than fourteen workweeks in the aggregate in any 
period of fifty-two consecutive weeks to any employee who— 
"(1) is engaged in the ginning of cotton for market in any 
place of employment located in a county where cotton is grown in 
commercial quantities; and 
Repeal. 
Repeal. 
Exemptions. 
91 STAT. 1250 
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"(2) receives for any such employment 
during 
such 
workweeks— 
"(A) in excess of ten hours in any workday, and 
"(B) in excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek, 
compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the 
regular rate at which he is employed. No week included in any 
fifty-two week period for purposes of the preceding sentence may 
be included for such purposes in any other fifty-two week period.". 
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SUGAR EMPLOYEES 
Repeal. 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 13(b) (26) (29 U.S.C. 213(b) (26)) is repealed. 
Exemptions. 
(b) Section 13 is amended by inserting after the subsection added 
by section 6 the following new subsection: 
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"(j) The provisions of section 7 shall not apply for a period or 
periods of not more than fourteen workweeks in the aggregate in any 
period of fifty-two consecutive weeks to any employee who— 
"(1) is engaged in the processing of sugar beets, sugar beet 
molasses, or sugar cane into sugar (other than refined sugar) or 
syrup; and 
"(2) 
receives for any such 
employment 
during 
such 
workweeks— 
"(A) in excess of ten hours in any workday, and 
"(B) in excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek, 
compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the 
regular rate at which he is employed. No week included in any 
fifty-two week period for purposes of the preceding sentence 
may be included for such purposes in any other fifty-two week 
period.". 
AGRICULTURAL HAND HARVEST LABORERS 
Exemptions. 
SEC. 8. Section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 213 (c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting after "paragraph (2)" 
the following: "or (4)", and 
Waiver, 
(2) by adding after paragraph (3) the following new 
application. 
paragraph: 
"(4) (A) An employer or group of employers may apply to the 
29 use 212. 
Secretary for a waiver of the application of section 12 to the employ-
ment for not more than eight weeks in any calendar year of individuals 
who are less than twelve years of age, but not less than ten years of 
age, as hand harvest laborers in an agricultural operation which has 
been, and is customarily and generally recognized as being, paid on 
a piece rate basis in the region in which such individuals would be 
employed. The Secretary may not grant such a waiver unless he finds, 
based on objective data submitted by the applicant, that— 
"(i) the crop to be harvested is one with a particularly short 
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harvesting season and the application of section 12 would cause 
,, 
severe economic disruption in the industry of the employer or 
group of employers applying for the waiver; 
"(ii) the employment of the individuals to whom the waiver 
would apply would not be deleterious to their health or well-
being ; 
"(iii) the level and type of pesticides and other chemicals used 
would not have an adverse effect on the health or well-being of the 
individuals to whom the waiver would apply; 
"(iv) individuals age twelve and above are not available for 
such employment; and 
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commerce or in 
the production of 
goods for 
commerce." 
Infra. 
"(v) the industry of such employer or group of employers has 
traditionally and substantially employed individuals under 
twelve years of age without displacing substantial job opportuni-
ties for individuals over sixteen years of age. 
"(B) Any waiver granted by the Secretary under subparagraph 
(A) shall require that— 
"(i) the individuals employed under such waiver be employed 
outside of school hours for the school district where they are 
living while so employed; 
"(ii) such individuals while so employed commute daily from 
their permanent residence to the farm on which they are so 
employed; and 
"(iii) such individuals be employed under such waiver (I) for 
not more than eight weeks between June 1 and October 15 of any 
calendar year, and (II) in accordance with such other terms and 
conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe for such individuals' 
protection.". 
RETAIL AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT COVERAGE 
SEC. 9. (a) Section 3(s) (29 U.S.C. 203(s)) is amended by renum- "Enterprise 
bering paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), 
and (6), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
"(2) is an enterprise which is comprised exclusively of one or 
more retail or service establishments, as defined in section 
13(a) (2), and whose annual gross volume of sales made or busi-
ness done is not less than $250,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the 
retail level which are separately stated), beginning July 1, 1978, 
whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is not 
less than $275,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level 
which are separately stated), beginning July 1,1980, whose annual 
gross volume of sales made or business done is not less than 
$325,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level which are 
separately stated), and after December 31, 1981, whose annual 
gross volume of sales made or business done is not less than 
$362,500 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level which are 
separately stated);". 
(b) Paragraph (1) of section 3(s) is amended by adding after "and 
beginning February 1, 1969, is an enterprise" the following: ", other 
than an enterprise which is comprised exclusively of retail or service 
establishments and which is described in paragraph (2),". 
(c) Section 3(s) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an enterprise which is comprised of Supra. 
one or more retail or service establishments, which on June 30, 1978, 
^as subject to section 6(a) (1), and which because of a change in the Ante, p. 1245, 
dollar volume standard in such paragraph prescribed by the Fair 
Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 is not subject to such section, 
shall, if its annual gross volume of sales made or business done is not 
less than $250,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level which 
are separately stated), pay its employees not less than the minimum 
wage in effect under such section on the day before such change takes 
effect and shall pay its employees in accordance with section 7. A viola- 29 USC 207. 
tion of the preceding sentence shall be considered a violation of section Violation. 
6 or 7, as the case may be.". 
(d) Section 13(a) (2) is amended by striking out "section 3(s) (4)" 29 USC 213. 
and inserting in lieu thereof "section 3'(s) (5)". 
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REMEDIES 
Violations. 
SEC. 10. (a) Section 16 (b) (29 U.S.C. 216 (b)) is amended by adding 
immediately after the first sentence the following new sentence: "Any 
29 use 215. 
employer who violates the provisions of section 15(a) (3) of this Act 
shall be liable for such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate 
to effectuate the purposes of section 15(a) (3), including without limi-
tation employment, reinstatement, promotion, and the payment of 
wages lost and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages.". 
(b) Section 16 (b) is further amended by— 
(1) by striking out "Action to recover such liability" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "An action to recover the liability prescribed 
in either of the preceding sentences", 
(2) inserting " (1)" after "section 17 in which", and 
(3) striking the period at the end of the last sentence and sub-
stituting the following: "or (2) legal or equitable relief is sought 
as a result of alleged violations of section 15(a) (3).". 
(c) The third sentence of section 16(c) is amended by inserting 
after "an action by or on behalf of any employee" the following: "to 
recover the liability specified in the first sentence of such subsection". 
RELIGIOUS OR NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTERS 
SEC. 11. Section 13(a)(3) (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3)) is amended by 
inserting after "recreational establishment," the following: "organized 
camp, or religious or non-profit educational conference center,". 
STUDENTS 
SEC. 12. (a) Section 14(b)(4)(B) (29 U.S.C. 214(b)(4)(B)) is 
amended by striking "four" each time it appears and substituting 
"six". 
REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK FOR EMPLOYMENT OF STUDENTS BY SMALL 
BUSINESSES 
Simplified 
SEC. 13. Section 14(b)(4) (29 U.S.C. 214(b)(4)) is amended by 
application form, adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
"(D) To minimize paperwork for, and to encourage, small busi-
nesses to employ students under special certificates issued under para-
graphs (1) and (2), the Secretary shall, by regulation or order, 
prescribe a simplified application form to be used by employers in 
applying for such a certificate for the employment of not more than 
Requirements. 
six full-time students. Such an application shall require only— 
"(i) a listing of the name, address, and business of the appli-
cant employer, 
"(ii) a listing of the date the applicant began business, and 
"(iii) the certification that the employment of such full-time 
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students will not reduce the full-time employment opportunities 
of persons other than persons employed under special certificates.". 
Effective date. 
Repeal; effective 
date. 
HOTEL, MOTEL, AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 14. (a) Effective January 1, 1978, section 13(b) (8) (29 U.S.C. 
213(b) (8)) is amended by striking out "forty-six hours" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "forty-four hours". 
(b) Effective January 1,1979, such section is repealed. 
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91 STAT. 1253 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 15. (a) Except as provided in sections 3,14, and subsection (b) 29 USC203 note, 
of this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take ett'ect 
January 1, 1978. 
(b) The amendments made by sections 8, 9,11,12, and 13 shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secre- Implementation, 
tary of Labor shall take such administrative action as may be neces- administrative 
sary for the implementation of the amendments made by this Act, 
action. 
Approved November 1, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-521 (Coram, on Education and Labor) and No. 95-711 
(Coram, of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 95-440 accompanying S. 1871 and No. 95-446 (both from 
Coram, on Human Resources) and No. 95-497 (Coram, of Confer-
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 123 (1977): 
Sept. 14, 15, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1871. 
Oct. 19, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Oct. 20, House agreed to conference report. 
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