Fair Labor Standards Amendments
PL 93-259 (S.2747), enacted 04/08/1974

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SEC, 5. The term "administrative costs" as used in this Act includes, "Administrative 
but is not limited to, all costs of (1) conducting an exploratory pro- '=°^*^-" 
gram to determine the character of the mineral deposits in the land, 
(2) evaluating the data obtained under the exploratory program to 
determine the fair market value of the mineral rights to be conveyed, 
and (3) preparing and issuing the instrument of conveyance. 
SEC. 6. Moneys paid to the Secretary for administrative costs shall 
be paid to the agency which rendered the service, and deposited to the 
appropriation then current. Moneys paid for the minerals or mineral 
interests conveyed shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
Approved April 2, 1974. 
Public Law 93-259 
AN ACT 
April 8, 1974 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage 
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rate under that Act, to expand the coverage of the Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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Standards Amend-
ments of 1974. 
SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO ACT 
SECTION 1. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Fair Labor Standards 
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Amendments of 1974". 
(b) Unless otherwise specified, 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 section or other provision amended or 
repealed is a section or other provision of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201-219). 
INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BEFORE 1966 
SEC. 2. Section 6(a) (1) is amended to read as follows: 
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" (1) not less than $2 an hour during the period ending Decem-
ber 31,1974, not less than $2.10 an hour during the year beginning 
January 1, 1975, and not less than $2.30 an hour after Decem-
ber 31, 1975, except as otherwise provided in this section;". 
I N C R E A S E I N MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES 
COVERED IN 1966 AND 1974 
SEC. 3. Section 6(b) is amended (1) by inserting ", title I X of the 
Education Amendments of 1972, or the Fair Labor Standards Amend- 
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ments of 1974" after "1966", and (2) by striking out paragraphs (1) 
through (5) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) not less than $1.90 an hour during the period ending 
December 31, 1974, 
"(2) not less than $2 an hour during the year beginning Janu-
arv 1, 1975, 
"(3) not less than $2.20 an hour during the year beginning 
January 1, 1976, and 
"(4) not less than $2.30 an hour after December 31,1976." 
Intra. 
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INCREASE I N M I N I M U M WAGE RATE FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES 
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gj,^ 4 Section 6(a)(5) is amended to read as follows: 
" (5) if such employee is employed in agriculture, not less than— 
"(A) $1.60 an hour during the period ending December 31, 
1974, 
"(B) $1.80 an hour during the year beginning January 1, 
1975, 
"(C) $2 an hour during the year beginning January 1, 
1976, 
"(D) $2.20 an hour during the year beginning January 1, 
1977, and 
" (E) $2.30 an hour after December 31,1977." 
INCREASE IN MINIMUM W
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E RATES F
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R EMPLOYEES IN PUERTO RICO AND 
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
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g^^ g ^^^ Section 5 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(e) The provisions of this section, section 6(c), and section 8 shall 
not apply with respect to the minimum wage rate of any employee 
employed in Puerto Kico or the Virgin Islands (1) by the United 
States or by the government of the Virgin Islands, (2) by an estab-
lishment which is a hotel, motel, or restaurant, or (3) by any other 
retail or service establishment which employs such employee primarily 
in connection with the preparation or offering of food or beverages 
for human consumption, either on the premises, or by such services 
as catering, banquet, box lunch, or curb or counter service, to the 
public, to employees, or to members or guests of members of clubs. 
The minimum wage rate of such an employee shall be determined 
under this Act in the same manner as the minimum wage rate for 
employees employed in a State of the United States is determined 
under this Act, As used in the preceding sentence, the term 'State' 
does not include a territory or possession of the United States.", 
(b) Effective on the date of the enactment of the Fair Labor Stand-
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g^j.(jg Amendments of 1974, sub':ection (c) of section 6 is amended by 
striking out paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: 
"(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), in the case of 
any employee who is covered by such a wage order on the date of enact-
ment of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 and to whom 
the rate or rates prescribed by subsection (a) or (b) would otherwise 
apply, the wage rate applicable to such employee shall be increased 
as follows: 
"(A) Effective on the effective date of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Amendments of 1974, the wage order rate applicable to such 
employee on the day before such date shall— 
"(i) if such rate is under $1.40 an hour, be increased by 
$0.12 an hour, and 
" (ii) if such rate is $1.40 or more an hour, be increased by 
$0.15 an hour. 
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"(B) Effective on the first day of tlie second and each subse-
quent year after such date, the highest wage order rate applicable 
to such employees on the date before such first day shall— 
"(i) if such rate is under $1.40 an hour, be increased by 
$0.12 an hour, and 
"(ii) if such rate is $1.40 or more an hour, be increased by 
$0.15 an hour. 
In the case of any employee employed in agriculture who is covered 
by a wage order issued by the Secretary pursuant to the recommenda-
tions of a special industry committee appointed pursuant to section 5, 
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to whom the rate or rates prescribed by subsection (a) (5) would 
otherwise apply, and whose hourly wage is increased above the wage 
rate prescribed by such wage order by a subsidy (or income supple-
ment) paid, in whole or in part, by the government of Puerto Rico, 
the increases prescribed by this paragraph 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 rate is increased by the subsidy 
(or income supplement) above the wage rate in effect under such 
wage order. 
"(3) In the case of any employee employed in Puerto Rico or the 
Virgin Islands to whom this section is made applicable by the amend-
ments made to this Act bv the Fair Labor Standards Amendments 
of 1974, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974, appoint 
a special industry committee in accordance with section 5 to recommend 
the highest minimum wage rate or rates, which shall be not less than 
60 per centum of the otherwise applicable minimum wage rate in effect 
under subsection (b) or $1.00 an hour, whichever is greater, to be appli-
cable to such employee in lieu of the rate or rates prescribed by sub-
section (b). The rate recommended by the special industry committee 
shall (A) be effective with respect to such employee upon the effective 
date of the wage order issued pursuant to such recommendation, but 
not before sixty days after the effective date of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Amendments of 1974, and (B) except in the case of employees of 
the government of Puerto Rico or any political subdivision thereof, be 
increased in accordance with paragraph (2) (B). 
"(4) (A) Xotwithstanding paragraph (2) (A) or (3), the wage rate 
of any employee in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands which is subject 
to paragraph (2) (A) or (3) of this subsection, shall, on the effective 
date of the wage increase under paragraph (2) (A) or of the wage 
rate recommended under paragraph (3), as the case may be, be 
not less than 60 per centum of the otherwise applicable rate under 
subsection (a) or (b) or $1.00, whichever is higher. 
"(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B), the wage rate of any 
employee in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands which is subject to 
paragraph (2) (B), shall, on and after the effective date of the first 
wage increase under paragraph (2) (B), be not less than 60 per centum 
of the otherwise applicable rate under subsection (a) or (b) or $1.00, 
whichever is higher. 
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p. 55. 
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p. 56. 
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"(5) If the wage rate of an employee is to be increased under this 
subsection to a wage rate which equals or is greatei- than the wage rate 
under subsection (a) or (b) which, but for paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, would be applicable to such employee, this subsection shall 
be inapplicable to such employee and the applicable rate under such 
subsection shall apply to such employee. 
"(6) Each minimum wage rate prescribed by or under paragraph 
(2) or (3) shall be in effect unless such minimum wage rate has been 
superseded by a wage order (issued by the Secretary pursuant to the 
recommendation of a special industry committee convened under 
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section 8) fixing a higher minimum wage rate." 
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^(.^ ^2) The last sentence of section 8(b) is amended by striking out 
the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon 
and the following: "except that the committee shall recommend to the 
Secretary the minimum wage rate prescribed in section 6(a) or 6(b), 
which would be applicable but for section 6(c), unless there is substan-
tial documentary evidence, including pertinent unabridged profit and 
loss statements and balance sheets for a representative period of years 
or in the case of employees of public agencies other appropriate infor-
mation, in the record which establishes that the industry, or a predomi-
nant portion thereof, is unable to pay that wage." 
(2) The third sentence of section 10(a) is amended by inserting 
after "modify" the following: "(including provision for the payment 
of an appropriate minimum wage rate)". 
(d) Section 8 is amended (1) by striking out "the minimum wage 
prescribed in paragraph (1) of section 6(a) in each such industry" in 
the first sentence of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "the 
minimum wage rate which would apply in each such industry under 
paragraph (1) or (5) of section 6(a) but for section 6(c)", (2) by 
striking out "the minimum wage rate prescribed in paragraph (1) of 
section 6(a)" in the last sentence of subsection (a) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "the otherwise applicable minimum wage rate in effect 
under paragraph (1) or (5) of section 6(a)", and (3) by striking out 
"prescribed in paragraph (1) of section 6(a)" in subsection (c) and 
insertmg in lieu thereof "in effect under paragraph (1) or (5) of 
section 6(a) (as the case may be)". 
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"Employer. 
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FEDERAL AND STATE 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 6. (a) (1) Section 3(d) is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) 'Employer' includes any person acting directly or indirectly 
in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee and includes 
a public agency, but does not include any labor organization (other 
than when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the capacity of 
officer or agent of such labor organization." 
"Employee." 
(2) Sectiou 3 (c) is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the term 
'employee' means any individual employed by an employer. 
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" (2) In the case of an individual employed by a public agency, such 
term means— 
"(A) any individual employed by the Government of the 
United States— 
"(i) as a civilian in the military departments (as defined 
in section 102 of title 5, United States Code), 
"(ii) in any executive agency (as defined in section 105 of 
such title), 
"(iii) in any unit of the legislative or judicial branch of 
the Government which has positions in the competitive 
service, 
"(iv) in a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the 
jurisdiction of the Armed Forces, or 
" (v) in the Library of Congress; 
"(B) any individual employed by the United States Postal 
Service or the Postal Eate Commission; and 
"(C) any individual employed by a State, political subdivision 
of a State, or an interstate governmental agency, other than such 
an individual— 
" (i) who is not subject to the civil service laws of the State, 
political subdivision, or agency which employs him; and 
"(ii) who— 
" (I) holds a public elective office of that State, political 
subdivision, or agency, 
"(II) is selected by the holder of such an office to be 
a member of his personal staff, 
"(III) is appointed by such an officeholder to serve on 
a policymaking level, or 
"(IV) who is an immediate adviser to such an office-
holder with respect to the constitutional or legal powers 
of his office. 
"(3) For purposes of subsection (u), such term does not include 
any individual employed by an employer engaged in agriculture if 
such individual is the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the 
employer's immediate family.". 
(3) Section 3(h) is amended to read as follows: 
"g'usc^'aoa. 
"(h) 'Industry' means a trade, business, industry, or other activity, 
or branch or group thereof, in which individuals are gainfully 
employe'd.". 
(4) Section 3(r) is amended by inserting "or" at the end of para-
graph (2) and by inserting after that paragraph the following new 
paragraph: 
"(3) in connection with the activities of a public agency,". 
(5) Section 3 (s) is amended— 
(A) by striking out in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
"including employees handling, selling, or otherwise working on 
goods" and inserting in lieu thereof "or employees handling, sell-
ing, or otherwise working on goods or materials", 
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(B) by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (3), 
(C) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; or", 
(D) jby adding after paragraph (4) the following new para-
graph : 
"(5) is an activity of a public agency.", and 
(E) by adding after the last sentence the following new sen-
tence : "The employees of an enterprise which is a public agency 
shall for purposes of this subsection be deemed to be employees 
engaged in commerce, or in the production of goods for com-
merce, or employees handling, selling, or otherwise working on 
goods or materials that have been moved in or produced for 
commerce.". 
"Public 
(6) Section 3 is amended by adding after subsection (w) the follow-
agency." 
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"(x) 'Public agency' means the Government of the United States; 
the government of a State or political subdivision thereof; any agency 
of the United States (including the United States Postal Service and 
Postal Rate Commission), a State, or a political subdivision of a 
State; or any interstate governmental agency.". 
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(J3^ Section 4 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new subsection: 
"(f) The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with 
the Librarian of Congress with respect to individuals employed in 
the Library of Congress to provide for the carrying out of the Sec-
retary's functions under this Act with respect to such individuals. Not-
withstanding any other provision of this Act, or any other law, the 
Civil Service Commission is authorized to administer the provisions 
of this Act with respect to any individual employed by the United 
States (other than an individual employed in the Library of Congress, 
United States Postal Service, Postal Rate Commission, or the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority). Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to affect the right of an employee to bring an action for unpaid 
minimum wages, or unpaid overtime compensation, and liquidated 
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damages under section 16(b) of this Act.". 
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(c) (1) (A) Effective January 1, 1975, section 7 is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(k) No public agency shall be deemed to have violated subsection 
(a) with respect to the employment of any employee in fire protection 
activities or any employee in law enforcement activities (including 
security personnel in correctional institutions) if— 
"(1) in a work period of 28 consecutive days the employee 
receives for tours of duty which in the aggregate exceed 240 hours; 
or 
"(2) in the case of such an employee to whom a work period of 
at least 7 but less than 28 days applies, in his work period the 
employee receives for tours of duty which in the aggregate 
exceed a number of hours which bears the same ratio to the num-
ber of consecutive days in his work period as 240 hours bears to 
28 days, 
compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular 
rate at which he is employed." 
(B) Effective January 1, 1976, section 7(k) is amended by strik-
ing out "240 hours" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof 
"232 hours". 
(C) Effective January 1, 1977, such section is amended by striking 
out "232 hours" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "216 
hours". 
Effective date 
Supra. 
Effective date. 
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(D) Effective January 1, 1978, such section is amended— 
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(i) by striking out "exceed 216 hours" in paragraph (1) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "exceed the lesser of (A) 216 hours, or 
(B) the average number of hours (as determined by the Secre-
tary pursuant to section 6(c)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Amendments of 1974) in tours of duty of employees engaged 
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in such activities in work periods of 28 consecutive days in cal-
endar year 1975"; and 
(ii) by striking out "as 216 hours beai's to 28 days" in para-
graph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "as 216 hours (or if 
lower, the number of hours referred to in clause (B) of para-
graph (1)) bears to 28 days". 
(2) (A) Section 13(b) is amended by striking out the period at the 
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end of paragraph (19) and inserting in lieu thereof "; or" and by add-
ing after that paragraph the following new paragraph: 
"(20) any employee of a public agency who is employed in fire 
protection or law enforcement activities (including security per-
sonnel in correctional institutions) ;". 
(B) Effective January 1,1975, section 13(b) (20) is amended to read 
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as lollows: 
note. 
"(20) any employee of a public agency who in any workweek 
supra. 
is employed in fire protection activities or any employee of a pub-
lic agency who in any workweek is employed in law enforcement 
activities (including security personnel in correctional institu-
tions), if the public agency employs during the workweek less 
than 5 employees in fire protection or law enforcement activities, 
as the case may be; or". 
(3) The Secretary of Labor shall in the calendar year beginning 
January 1, 1976, conduct (A) a study of the average number of hours note. 
in tours of duty in w^ork periods in the preceding calendar year of 
employees (other than employees exempt from section 7 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 by section 13(b) (20) of such Act) of 
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public agencies who are employed in fire protection activities, and 
(B) a study of the average number of hours in tours of duty in work 
periods in the preceding calendar year of employees (other than 
employees exempt from section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 by section 13(b) (20) of such Act) of public agencies who are 
employed in law enforcement activities (including security personnel 
in correctional institutions). The Secretary shall publish the results of 
Publication in 
each such study in the Federal Register. 
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(d) (1) The se.ond sentence of section 16(b) is amended to read as 
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follows: "Action to recover such liability may be maintained against 
any employer (including a public agency) in any Federal or State 
court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and 
in behalf of himself or themselves and other employees similarly 
situated.". 
(2) (A) Section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Pay Act of 1947 is 
statute o
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amended by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (c) slo'n."' ^"^^^"' 
and by inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and by adding after 
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such paragraph the following: 
"(d) with respect to any cause of action brought under section 
16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 against a State supra. 
or a political subdivision of a State in a district court of the 
United States on or before April 18, 1973, the running of the 
statutory periods of limitation shall be deemed suspended during 
the period beginning with the commencement of any such action 
and ending one hundred and eighty days after the effective date 
of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974, except that 
such suspension shall not be applicable if in such action judg-
Studies. 
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ment has been entered for the defendant on the grounds other 
than State immunity from Federal jurisdiction.". 
(B) Section 11 of such Act is amended by striking out " ( b ) " after 
"section 16". 
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p. 55. 
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DOMESTIC SERVICE WORKERS 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 2(a) is amended by inserting at the end the 
following new sentence: "That Congress further finds that the employ-
ment of persons in domestic service in households affects commerce." 
(b) (1) Section 6 is amended by adding after subsection (e) the 
following new subsection : 
"(f) Any employee— 
"(1) who in any workweek is employed in domestic service in 
a household shall be paid wages at a rate not less than the wage 
rate in effect under section 6(b) unless such employee's compen-
sation for such service would not because of section 209(g) of the 
Social Security Act constitute wages for the purposes of title I I 
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of such Act, or 
"(2) who in any workweek— 
"(A) is employed in domestic service in one or more house-
holds, and 
"(B) is so employed for more than 8 hours in the aggregate, 
shall be paid wages for such employment in such workweek at a 
rate not less than the wage rate in effect under section 6(b)." 
(2) Section 7 is amended by adding after the subsection added 
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j ^ ^ sectiou 6(c) of this Act the following new subsection: 
"(1) No employer shall employ any employee in domestic service 
in one or more households for a workweek longer than forty hours 
unless such employee receives compensation for such employment in 
accordance with subsection (a)." 
(3) Section 13(a) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
" (15) any employee employed on a casual basis in domestic serv-
ice employment to provide babysitting services or any employee 
employed in domestic service employment to provide companion-
ship services for individuals who (because of age or infirmity) 
are unable to care for themselves (as such terms are defined and 
delimited by regulations of the Secretary)." 
(4) Section 13(b) is amended by adding after the paragraph added 
by section 6 (c) the following new paragraph: 
"(21) any employee who is employed in domestic service in a 
household and who resides in such household; or". 
RETAIL AND SERVICE 
ESTABLISHMENTS 
Effective date. 
gj,^, g (a) Effcctlve Jauuary 1, 1975, section 13(a) (2) (relating to 
employees of retail and service establishments) is amended by strik-
ing out "$250,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$225,000". 
Effective date. 
^^y^ Effectlvc Jauuary 1, 1976, such section is amended by striking 
out "$225,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$^00,000". 
Effective date. 
(c) Effcctlve Jauuary 1, 1977, such section is amended by striking 
out "or such establishment has an annual dollar volume of sales which 
is less than $200,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level which 
are separately stated)" 
TOBACCO 
EMPLOYEES 
Supra. 
gj,(, 9 ^a^ Section 7 is amended by adding after the subsection 
added by section 7 (b) (2) of this Act the following: 
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" (m) For a period or periods of not more than fourteen workweeks 
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in the aggregate in any calendar year, any employer may employ any 
employee for a workweek in excess of that specified in subsection (a) 
without paying the compensation for overtime employment prescribea 
in such subsection, if such employee— 
" (1) is employed by such employer— 
"(A) to provide services (including stripping and grad-
ing) necessary and incidental to the sale at auction of green 
leaf tobacco of type 11,12,13,14,21,22,23,24,31,35, 36, or 37 
(as such types are defined by the Secretary of Agriculture), 
or in auction sale, buying, handling, stemming, redrying, 
packing, and storing of such tobacco, 
"(B) in auction sale, buying, handling, sorting, grading, 
packing, or storing green leaf tobacco of type 32 (as such type 
is defined by the Secretary of Agriculture), or 
"(C) in auction sale, buying, handling, stripping, sorting, 
grading, sizing, packing, or stemming prior to packing, of 
perishable cigar leaf tobacco of type 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 61, or 62 (as such types are defined by the 
Secretary of Agriculture); and 
"(2) receives for^— 
" (A) such employment by such employer which is in excess 
of ten hours in any workday, and 
"(B) such employment by such employer which is 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. 
An employer who receives an exemption under this subsection shall 
not be eligible for any other exemption under this section.". 
(b) (1) Section 13(a) (14) is repealed. 
Repeal. 
(2) Section 13(b) is amended by adding after the paragraph added 
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by section 7(b)(4) of this Act the following new paragraph: 
"(22) any agricultural employee employed in the growing and 
harvesting of shade-grown tobacco who is engaged in the proc-
essing (including, but not limited to, drying, curing, fermenting, 
bulking, rebulking, sorting, grading, aging, and baling) of such 
tobacco, prior to the stemming process, for use as cigar wrapper 
tobacco; or". 
TELEGRAPH AGENCY EMPLOYEES 
SEC 10. (a) Section 13(a) (11) (relating to telegraph agency 
R«P««I-
employees) is repealed. 
(b) (1) Section 13(b) is amended by adding after the paragraph 
supra. 
added by section 9(b) (2) of this Act the following new paragraph: 
"(23) any employee or proprietor in a retail or service estab-
lishment which qualifies as an exempt retail or service establish-
ment under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) with respect to 
whom the provisions of sections 6 and 7 would not otherwise gg^"'^' ^^' ^^' 
apply, who is engaged in handling telegraphic messages for the 
public under an agency or contract arrangement with a telegraph 
company where the telegraph message revenue of such agency does 
not exceed $500 a month, and who receives compensation for 
employment in excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek at a 
rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which 
he is employed; or". 
(2) Effective one year after the effective date of the Fair Labor 
Effective date. 
Standards Amendments of 1974, section 13(b) (23) is amended by 
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striking out "forty-eight hours" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"forty-four hours". 
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^^^ Effective two years after such date, section 13(b) (23) is 
repealed. 
SEAFOOD CANNING AND PROCESSING EMPLOYEES' 
live date 
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SEC. 11. (a) Section 13(b)(4) (relating to fish and seafood proc-
essing employees) is amended by inserting "who is" after "employee", 
and by inserting before the semicolon the following: ", and who 
receives compensation for employment in excess of forty-eight hours 
in any workweek at a rate not less than one and one-half times the 
regular rate at which he is employed". 
Effective date. 
(jj) Effective one year after the effective date of the Fair Labor 
Standards Amendments of 1974, section 13(b)(4) is amended by 
striking out "forty-eight hours" and inserting in lieu thereof "forty-
four hours". 
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(^) Effective two years after such date, section 13(b)(4) 
is 
repealed. 
NURSING 
H O M E 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 12. (a) Section 13(b) (8) (insofar as it relates to nursing home 
employees) is amended by striking out "any employee who (A) is 
employed by an establishment which is an institution (other than a 
hospital) primarily engaged in the care of the sick, the aged, or the 
mentally ill or defective who reside on the premises" and the remain-
der of that paragraph. 
29 use 207. 
^1^^ Section 7(j) is amended by inserting after "a hospital" the 
following: "or an establishment which is an institution primarily 
engaged in the care of the sick, the aged, or the mentally ill or defec-
tive who reside on the premises". 
HOTEL, MOTEL, AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES AND TIPPED EMPLOYEES 
Supra. 
gjjQ, 13^ (a) Section 13(b) (8) (insofar as it relates to hotel, motel, 
and restaurant employees) (as amended by section 12) is amended 
(1) by striking out "any employee" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(A) any employee (other than an employee of a hotel or motel who 
performs maid or custodial services) who is", (2) by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: "and who receives compensation for 
employment in excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek at a rate 
not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is 
employed", and (3) by adding after such section the following: 
"(B) any employee of a hotel or motel who performs maid or 
custodial services and who receives compensation for employment 
in excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek at a rate not less 
than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he 
is employed; or". 
Effective date. 
(jr^^ Effective one year after the effective date of the Fair Labor 
Standards Amendments of 1974, subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec-
tion 13(b) (8) are each amended by striking out "forty-eight hours" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "forty-six hours". 
Effective date. 
(p) Effective two years after such date, subparagraph (B) of section 
13(b) (8) is amended by striking out "forty-six hours" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "forty-four hours". 
Repeal; effec- 
^^^ Effcctivc three years after such date, subparagraph (B) of 
section 13(b) (8) is repealed and such section is amended by striking 
out "(A)". 
29 use 203. 
^g^ -pj^g last sentence of section 3(m) is amended to read as follows: 
"In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid such 
employee by his employer shall be deemed to be increased on account 
of tips by an amount determined by the employer, but not by an 
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amount in excess of 50 per centum of the applicable minimum wage 
rate, except that the amount of the increase on account of tips deter-
mined by the employer may not exceed the value of tips actually 
received by the employee. The previous sentence shall not apply with 
respect to any tipped employee unless (1) such employee has been 
informed by the employer of the provisions of this subsection, and (2) 
all tips received by such employee have been retained by the employee, 
except that this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the pool-
ing of tips among employees who customarily and regularly receive 
tips.". 
SALESMEN, PARTSMEN, AND MECHANICS 
SEC. 14. Section 13(b) (10) (relating to salesmen, partsmen, and 
29 use 213. 
mechanics) is amended to read as follows: 
"(10) (A) any salesman, partsman, or mechanic primarily 
engaged in selling or servicing automobiles, trucks, or farm imple-
ments, if he is employed by a nonmanufacturing establishment 
primarily engaged in the business of selling such vehicles or 
implements to ultimate purchasers; or 
"(B) any salesman primarily engaged in selling trailers, boats, 
or aircraft, if he is employed by a nonmanufacturing establish-
ment primarily engaged in the business of selling trailers, boats, 
or aircraft to ultimate purchasers; or". 
FOOD SERVICE E S T A B L I S H M E N T 
E M P L O Y E E S 
SEC. 15. (a) Section 13 (b) (18) (relating to food service and catering 
employees) is amended by inserting immediately before the semicolon 
the following: "and who receives compensation for employment in 
excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek at a rate not less than 
one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed". 
(b) Effective one year after the effective date of the Fair Labor 
Effective date. 
Standards Amendments of 1974, such section is amended by striking 
out "forty-eight hours" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"forty-four 
hours". 
(c) Effective two years after such date, such section is repealed. 
Repeal; effec-
tive date. 
BOWLING E M P L O Y E E S 
SEC. 16. (a) Effective one year after the effective date of the Fair 
Effective date. 
Labor Standards Amendments of 1974, section 13(b) (19) (relating 
to employees of bowling establishments) is amended by striking out 
"forty-eight hours" and inserting in lieu thereof "forty-four hours". 
(b) Effective two years after such date, such section is repealed. 
Repeal; effec 
tlve date. 
SUBSTITUTE PARENTS FOR INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILDREN 
SEC. 17. Section 13(b) is amended by inserting after the paragraph 
added by section 10(b) (1) of this Act the following new paragraph: 
"(24) any employee who is employed with his spouse by a non-
profit educational institution to serve as the parents of children— 
" (A) who are orphans or one of whose natural parents is 
deceased, or 
"(B) who are enrolled in such institution and reside in resi-
dential facilities of the institution, 
while such children are in residence at such institution, if such 
employee and his spouse reside in such facilities, receive, without 
cost, board and lodging from such institution, and are together 
compensated, on a cash basis, at an annual rate of not less than 
Ante, p . 63. 
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[88 STAT. 
29 u s e 213. 
Ante, p. 55. 
Ante, 
p. 59, 
29 u s e 207. 
EMPLOYEES OF 
CONGLOMERATES 
SEC. 18. Section 13 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: 
"(g) The exemption from section 6 provided by paragraphs (2) 
and (6) of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect 
to any employee employed by an establishment (1) which controls, 
is controlled by, or is under common control with, another establish-
ment the activities of which are not related for a common business 
purpose to, but materially support the activities of the establishment 
employing such employee; and (2) 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 $10,000,000 (exclusive of excise 
taxes at the retail level which are separately stated), except that the 
exemption from section 6 provided by paragraph (2) of subsection 
(a) of this section shall apply with respect to any establishment 
described in this subsection which has an annual dollar volume of sales 
which would permit it to qualify for the exemption provided in para-
graph (2) of subsection (a) if it were in an enterprise described in 
section 3(s).". 
SEASONAL INDUSTRY 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 19. (a) Section 7(c) and 7(d) are each amended— 
(1) by striking out "ten workweeks" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "seven w^orkweeks", and 
(2) by striking out "fourteen workweeks" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "ten workweeks". 
(b) Section 7(c) is amended by striking out "fifty hours" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "forty-eight hours". 
Effective date. 
((.) Etfective January 1, 1975, sections 7(c) and 7(d) are each 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "seven w^orkweeks" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "five workweeks", and 
(2) by striking out "ten workweeks" and inserting in lieu there-
of "seven workweeks". 
Effective date. 
(^^^^ Effective January 1, 1976, sections 7(c) and 7(d) are each 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "five workweeks" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "three workweeks", and 
(2) by striking out "seven workw^eeks" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "five workweeks". 
Repeal; effec- 
(e) Effective December 31, 1976, sections 7(c) and 7(d) are 
^'^* 
repealed. 
COTTON GINNING AND SUGAR PROCESSING EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 20. (a) Section 13(b) (15) is amended to read as follows: 
" (15) any employee engaged in the processing of maple sap into 
sugar (other than refined sugar) or syrup; or". 
Ante, p. 65. 
(b) (1) Section 13(b) is amended by adding after paragraph (24) 
the following new" paragraph: 
"(25) any employee who is engaged in ginning of cotton for 
market in any place of employment located in a county where 
cotton is grown in commercial quantities and who receives com-
pensation for employment in excess of— 
"(A) seventy-two hours in any workweek for not more 
than six workweeks in a year. 
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"(B) sixty-four hours in any workweek for not more than 
four workweeks in that year, 
"(C) fifty-four hours in any workweek for not more than 
two workweeks in that year, and 
"(D) forty-eight hours in any other workweek in that 
year, 
at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at 
which he is employed; or". 
(2) Effective January 1, 1975, section 13(b) (25) is amended— 
Effej:tive date. 
(A) by striking out "seventy-two" and inserting in lieu thereof 
" » P-
"sixty-six"; 
(B) by striking out "sixty-four" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"sixty"; 
(C) bv striking out "fifty-four" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"fifty" f 
(D) by striking out "and" at the end of subparagraph (C) ; 
and 
(E) by striking out "forty-eight hours in any other workweek 
in that year," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "forty-
six hours in any workweek for not more than two workweeks in 
that year, and 
"(E) forty-four hours in any other workweek in that year,". 
(3) Effective January 1, 1976, section 13(b) (25) is amended— 
Effective date. 
(A) by striking out "sixty-six" in subparagraph (A) and in- 
"^'^^* 
serting in lieu thereof "sixty"; 
(B) by striking out "sixty" in subparagraph (B) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "fifty-six"; 
(C) by striking out "fifty" and inserting in lieu thereof "forty-
eight" ; 
(D) by striking out "forty-six" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"forty-four"; and 
(E) by striking out "forty-four" in subparagraph (E) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "forty". 
(c) (1) Section 13(b) is amended by adding after paragraph (25) 
Ante, p. 66. 
the following new paragraph: 
"(26) any employee who is engaged in the processing of sugar 
beets, sugar beet molasses, or sugarcane into sugar (other than 
refined sugar) or syrup and who receives compensation for 
employment in excess of— 
"(A) seventy-two hours in any workweek for not more 
than six workweeks in a year, 
"(B) sixty-four hours in any workweek for not more than 
four workweeks in that year. 
"(C) fifty-four hours in any workweek for not more than 
two workweeks in that year, and 
"(D) forty-eight hours in any other w^orkweek in that 
year, 
at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at 
which he is employed; or". 
(2) Effective January 1, 1975, section 13(b) (26) is amended— 
Effective date. 
(A) by striking out "seventy-two" and inserting in lieu thereof 
^"P""^-
"sixty-six"; 
(B) by striking out "sixty-four" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"sixty"; 
(C) by striking out "fifty-four" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"fifty"; 
(D) by striking out "and" at the end of subparagraph (C); 
and 
Effective date. 
Ante, 
p. 67. 
Ante, 
p. 62. 
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STAT. 
(E) by striking out "forty-eight hours in any other workweek 
in that year," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "forty-
six hours in any workweek for not more than two workweeks in 
that year, and 
"(E) forty-four hours in any other workweek in that year,". 
(3) Effective January 1, 1976, section 13(b) (26) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "sixty-six" in subparagraph (A) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "sixty"; 
(B) by striking out "sixty" in subparagraph (B) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "fifty-six"; 
(C) by striking out "fifty" and inserting in lieu thereof "forty-
eight" ; 
(D) by striking out "forty-six" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"forty-four"; ana 
(E) by striking out "forty-four" in subparagraph (E) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "forty". 
LOCAL TRANSIT 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 21. (a) Section 7 is amended by adding after the subsection 
added by section 9(a) of this Act the following new subsection: 
" (n) In the case of an employee of an employer engaged in the busi-
ness of operating a street, suburban or interurban electric railway, or 
local trolley or motorbus carrier (regardless of whether or not such 
railway or carrier is public or private or operated for profit or not for 
profit), in determining the hours of employment of such an employee 
to which the rate prescribed by subsection (a) applies there shall be 
excluded the hours such employee was employed in charter activities 
by such employer if (1) the employee's employment in such activities 
was pursuant to an agreement or understanding with his employer 
arrived at before engaging in such employment, and (2) if employ-
ment in such activities is not part of such employee's regular 
employment." 
29USC213. 
(b)(1) Section 13(b) (7) (relating to employees of street, suburban 
or interurban electric railways, or local trolley or motorbus carriers) 
is amended by striking out ", if the rates and services of such railway 
or carrier are subject to regulation by a State or local agency" and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(regardless of whether or not 
such railway or carrier is public or private or operated for profit 
or not for profit), if such employee receives compensation for employ-
ment in excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek at a rate not less 
than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed". 
Effective date. 
^g) Effective one year after the effective date of the Fair Labor 
Standards Amendments of 1974, such section is amended by striking 
out "forty-eight hours" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"forty-four 
hours", 
ti^^dafi' ^"^'^' 
(3) Effective two years after such date, such section is repealed. 
COTTON AND SUGAR SERVICES EMPLOYEES 
Ante, p. 66. 
gj,^. £2. Sectiou 13 is amended by adding after the subsection added 
by section 18 the following: 
^"p^^- 
"(h) The provisions of section 7 shall not apply for a period or 
periods of not more than fourteen workweeks in the aggregate in any 
calendar year to any employee who— 
" (1) is employed by such employer—• 
"(A) exclusively to provide services necessary and inci-
dental to the ginning of cotton in an establishment primarily 
engaged in the ginning of cotton; 
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69 
"(B) exclusively to provide services necessary and inci-
dental to the receiving, handling, and storing of raw cotton 
and the compressing of raw cotton when performed at a 
cotton warehouse or compress-warehouse facility, other than 
one operated in conjunction with a cotton mill, primarily 
engaged in storing and compressing; 
"(C) exclusively to provide services necessary and inciden-
tal to the receiving, handling, storing, and processing of cot-
tonseed in an establishment primarily engaged in the 
receiving, handling, storing, and processing of cottonseed; or 
"(D) exclusively to provide services necessary and inciden-
tal to the processing of sugar cane or sugar beets in an estab-
lishment primarily engaged in the processing of sugar cane 
or sugar beets; and 
" (2) receives for— 
" (A) such employment by such employer which is in excess 
of ten hours in any workday, and 
"(B) such employment by such employer which is 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. 
Any employer who receives an exemption under this subsection shall 
not be eligible for any other exemption under this section or section 7.". 
Ante, 
p. 68. 
OTHER 
EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 23. (a) (1) Section 13(a) (9) (relating to motion picture theater 
Repeal, 
employees) is repealed. 
(2) Section 13(b) is amended by adding after paragraph (26) the 
following new paragraph: 
Ante, p. 67. 
"(27) any employee employed by an establishment which is a 
motion picture theater; or". 
(b)(1) Section 13(a) (13) (relating to small logging crews) is 
Repeal. 
repealed. 
(2) Section 13(b) is amended by adding after paragraph (27) the 
following new paragraph: 
"(28) any employee employed in planting or tending trees, 
cruising, surveying, or felling timber, or in preparing or trans-
porting logs or other forestry products to the mill, processing 
plant, railroad, or other transportation terminal, if the number of 
employees employed by his employer in such forestry or lumber-
ing operations does not exceed eight.", 
(c) Section 13(b) (2) (insofar as it relates to pipeline employees) 
is amended by inserting after "employer" the following: "engaged in 
the operation of a common carrier by rail and". 
EMPLOYMENT 
OF 
STUDENTS 
SEC. 24. (a) Section 14 is amended by striking out subsections (a), 
^9 use 214. 
(b), and (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"SEC. 14. (a) The Secretary, to the extent necessary in order to pre-
vent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulations 
or by orders provide for the employment of learners, of apprentices, 
and of messengers employed primarily in delivering letters and mes-
sages, under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the 
Secretary, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable 
under section 6 and subject to such limitations as to time, number, pro- 
^"'^' P- ^S. 
portion, and length of service as the Secretary shall prescribe. 
"(b)(1)(A) The Secretary, to the extent necessary in order to 
prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by special 
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[88 STAT. 
certificate issued under a regulation or order provide, in accordance 
with subparagraph (B), for the employment, at a wage rate not less 
than 85 per centum of the otherwise applicable wage rate in effect 
Ante, p. 55. 
uudcr scctiou 6 or not less than $1.60 an hour, whichever is the higher 
(or in the case of employment in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands 
Ante, p. 56. 
jjot describcd in section 5(e), at a wage rate not less than 85 per 
centum of the otherwise applicable wage rate in effect under section 
29 use 206. 
6(c)), of fulhtime students (regardless of age but in compliance with 
applicable child labor laws) in retail or service establishments. 
"(B) Except as provided in paragraph (4) (B), during any month 
in which full-time students are to be employed in any retail or service 
establishment under certificates issued under this subsection the pro-
portion of student hours of employment to the total hours of employ-
ment of all employees in such establishment may not exceed— 
"(i) in the case of a retail or service establishment whose 
employees (other than employees engaged in commerce or in the 
production of goods for commerce) were covered by this Act 
before the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments 
of 1974— 
"(I) the proportion of student hours of employment to the 
total hours of employment of all employees in such estab-
lishment for the corresponding month of the immediately 
preceding twelve-month period, 
"(II) the maximum proportion for any corresponding 
month of student hours of employment to the total hours of 
employment of all employees in such establishment applicable 
to the issuance of certificates under this section at any time 
before the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amend-
ments of 1974 for the employment of students by such 
employer, or 
"(III) a proportion equal to one-tenth of the total hours 
of employment of all employees in such establishment, 
whichever is greater; 
" (ii) in the case of retail or service establishment whose employ-
ees (other than employees engaged in commerce or in the pro-
duction of goods for commerce) are covered for the first time on 
or after the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amend-
ments of 1974— 
"(I) the proportion of hours of employment of students in 
such establishment to the total hours of employment of all 
employees in such establishment for the corresponding month 
of the twelve-month period immediately prior to the effective 
date of such Amendments, 
"(II) the proportion of student hours of employment to 
the total hours of employment of all employees in such estab-
lishment for the corresponding month of the immediately 
preceding twelve-month period, or 
"(III) a proportion equal to one-tenth of the total hours 
of employment of all employees in such establishment, 
whichever is greater; or 
"(iii) in the case of a retail or service establishment for which 
records of student hours worked are not available, the propor-
tion of student hours of employment to the total hours of 
employment of all employees based on the practice during the 
immediately preceding twelve-month period in (I) similar estab-
lishments of the same employer in the same general metropolitan 
area in which such establishment is located, (II) similar estab-
lishments of the same or nearby communities if such establish-
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ment is not in a metropolitan area, or (III) other establishments 
of the same general character operating in the community or the 
nearest comparable community. 
For purpose of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of this subparagraph, the 
term 'student hours of employment' means hours during which stu-
dents are employed in a retail or service establishment under certifi-
cates issued under this subsection. 
"(2) The Secretary, to the extent necessary in order to prevent 
curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by special certifi-
cate issued under a regulation or order provide for the employment, at 
a wage rate not less than 85 per centum of the wage rate in effect under 
section 6(a)(5) or not less than $1.30 an hour, whichever is the higher 
(or in the case of employment in Puerto Kico or the Virgin Islands 
not described in section 5(e), at a wage rate not less than 85 per centum 
of the wage rate in effect under section 6(c)), of full-time students 
(regardless of age but in compliance with applicable child labor laws) 
in any occupation in agriculture. 
"(3) The Secretary, to the extent necessary in order to prevent cur-
tailment of opportunities for employment, shall by special certificate 
issued under a regulation or order provide for the employment by an 
institution of higher education, at a wage rate not less than 85 per 
centum of the otherwise applicable wage rate in effect under section 6 
or not less than $1.60 an hour, whichever is the higher (or in the case 
of employment in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands not described in 
section 5 (e), at a wage rate not less than 85 per centum of the wage rate 
in effect under section 6(c)), of full-time students (regardless of age 
but in compliance with applicable child labor laws) who are enrolled 
in such institution. The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe stand-
ards and requirements to insure that this paragraph will not create a 
substantial probability of reducing the full-time employment oppor-
tunities of persons other than those to whom the minimum wage rate 
authorized by this paragraph is applicable. 
"(4) (A) A special certificate issued under paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3) shall provide that the student or students for whom it is issued 
shall, except during vacation periods, be employed on a part-time 
basis and not in excess of twenty hours in any workweek. 
"(B) If the issuance of a special certificate under paragraph (1) or 
(2) for an employer will cause the number of students employed by 
such employer under special certificates issued under this subsection 
to exceed four, the Secretary may not issue such a special certificate 
for the employment of a student by such employer unless the Secretary 
finds employment of such student will not create a substantial prob-
ability of reducing the full-time employment opportunities of persons 
other than those employed under special certificates issued under this 
subsection. If the issuance of a special certificate under paragraph (1) 
or (2) for an employer will not cause the number of students employed 
by such employer under special certificates issued under this subsection 
to exceed four— 
"(i) the Secretary may issue a special certificate under para-
graph (1) or (2) for the employment of a student by such 
employer if such employer certifies to the Secretary that the 
employment of such student will not reduce the 
full-time 
employment opportunities of persons other than those employed 
under special certificates issued under this subsection, and 
"(ii) in the case of an employer which is a retail or service 
establishment, subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to the issuance of special certificates for such 
employer under such paragraph. 
"Student hours 
of employment." 
Ante, 
p. 56. 
29 u s e 206. 
Regulations. 
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[88 STAT. 
The requirement of this subparagraph shall not apply in the case of 
the issuance of special certificates under paragraph (3) for the employ-
ment of full-time students by institutions of higher education; except 
that if the Secretary determines that an institution of higher edu-
cation is employing students under certificates issued under paragraph 
(3) but in violation ox the requirements of that paragraph or of regu-
lations issued thereunder, the requirements of this subparagraph shall 
apply with respect to the issuance of special certificates under para-
graph (3) for the employment of students by such institution. 
"(C) No special certificate may be issued under this subsection unless 
the employer for whom the certificate is to be issued provides evidence 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the student status of the employees to 
be employed under such special certificate." 
Ante, p. 69. 
^jj^ Sectlon 14 is further amended by redesignating subsection (d) 
as subsection (c) and by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
"(d) The Secretary may by regulation or order provide that sections 
>in<e, pp. 60. 
6 and 7 shall not apply with respect to the employment by any ele-
mentary or secondary school of its students if such employment con-
stitutes, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, 
an integral part of the regular education program provided by such 
school and such employment is in accordance with applicable child 
labor laws." 
(c) Section 4(d) is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new sentence: "Such report shall also include a summary of 
the special certificates issued under section 14(b)." 
29 u s e 204. 
Ante, 
p. 69. 
CHILD LABOR 
29 use 212. 
g^c. 25. (a) Section 12 (relating to child labor) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) In order to carry out the objectives of this section, the Secre-
tary may by regulation require employers to obtain from any employee 
proof of age." 
29 use 213. 
(b) Section 13(c)(1) (relating to child labor in agriculture) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of 
^"p'^' 
section 12 relating to child labor shall not apply to any employee 
employed in agriculture outside of school hours for the school district 
where such employee is living while he is so employed, if such 
employee— 
"(A) is less than twelve years of age and (i) is employed by 
his parent, or by a person standing in the place of his parent, on 
a farm owned or operated by such parent or person, or (ii) is 
employed, with the consent of his parent or person standing in the 
place of his parent, on a farm, none of the employees of which are 
(because of section 13(a)(6)(A)) required to be paid at the wage 
Ante, p. 56. 
Ynte prescribed by section 6(a) (5), 
"(B) is twelve years or thirteen years of age and (i) such 
employment is with the consent of his parent or person standing 
in the place of his parent, or (ii) his parent or such person is 
employed on the same farm as such employee, or 
"(C) is fourteen years of age or older.". 
29 use 216. 
^(.^ Section 16 is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new subsection: 
Pe"«ity- 
"(e) Any person who violates the provisions of section 12, relating 
to child labor, or any regulation issued under that section, shall be 
subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each such viola-
tion. In determining the amount of such penalty, the appropriateness 
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of such penalty to the size of the business of the person charged and 
the gravity of the violation shall be considered. The amount of such 
penalty, when finally determined, may be— 
" (1) deducted from any sums owing by the United States to the 
person charged; 
" (2) recovered in a civil action brought by the Secretary in any 
court of competent jurisdiction, in which litigation the Secretary 
shall be represented by the Solicitor of Labor; or 
"(3) ordered by the court, in an action brought for a violation 
of section 15 (a) (4), to be paid to the Secretary. 
Any administrative determination by the Secretary of the amount of 
such penalty shall be final, unless within fifteen days after receipt of 
notice thereof by certified mail the person charged with the violation 
takes exception to the determination that the violations for which the 
penalty is imposed occurred, in which event final determination of the 
penalty shall be made in an administrative proceeding after opportu-
nity for hearing in accordance with section 554 of title 5, United States 
Code, and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary. Sums col-
lected as penalties pursuant to this section shall be applied toward 
reimbursement of the costs of determining the violations and assessing 
and collecting such penalties, in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 2 of an Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the Department of Labor 
to make special statistical studies upon payment of the cost thereof, 
and for other purposes' (29 U.S.C. 9a)." 
SUITS BY SECRETARY FOR BACK WAGES 
29 u s e 215. 
29 u s e 216. 
SEC. 26. The first three sentences of section 16(c) are amended to 
read as follows: "The Secretary is authorized to supervise the payment 
of the unpaid minimum wages or the unpaid overtime compensation 
owing to any employee or employees under section 6 or 7 of this Act, 
^"'®' PP* SS, 
and the agreement of any employee to accept such payment shall upon 
payment in full constitute a waiver by such employee of any right he 
may have under subsection (b) of this section to such unpaid minimum 
wages or unpaid overtime compensation and an additional equal 
amount as liquidated damages. The Secretary may bring an action in 
any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of the unpaid 
minimum wages or overtime compensation and an equal amount 
as liquidated damages. The right provided by subsection (b) to bring 
an action by or on behalf of any employee and of any employee to 
become a party plaintiff to any such action shall terminate upon the 
filing of a complaint by the Secretary in an action under this subsec-
tion in which a recovery is sought of unpaid minimum wages or 
unpaid overtime compensation under sections 6 and 7 or liquidated or 
other damages provided by this subsection owing to such employee 
by an employer liable under the provisions of subsection (b), unless 
such action is dismissed without prejudice on motion of the Secretary." 
ECONOMIC E F F E C T S 
STUDIES 
SEC. 27. Section 4(d) is amended by— 
Ante, p. 12. 
(1) inserting "(1)" immediately after "(d)", 
(2) inserting in the second sentence after "minimum wages" 
the following: "and overtime coverage"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: 
"(2) The Secretary shall conduct studies on the justification or lack 
thereof for each of the special exemptions set forth in section 13 of 
this Act, and the extent to which such exemptions apply to employees 
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of establishments described in subsection (g) of such section and 
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the economic effects of the application of such exemptions to such 
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co^ng^essI° 
employees. The Secretary shall submit a report of his findings and 
recommendations to the Congress with respect to the studies conducted 
under this paragraph not later than January 1, 1976. 
"(3) The Secretary shall conduct a continuing study on means 
to prevent curtailment of employment opportunities for manpower 
groups which have had historically high incidences of unemployment 
(such as disadvantaged minorities, youth, elderly, and such other 
c<^^^°s*^ *° 
groups as the Secretary may designate). The first report of the results 
of such study shall be transmitted to the Congress not later than 
one year after the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amend-
ments of 1974, Subsequent reports on such study shall be transmitted 
to the Congress at two-year intervals after such effective date. Each 
such report shall include suggestions respecting the Secretary's author-
Ante, p. 69. 
j^y uudcr scctiou 14 of this Act,". 
AGE DISCRIMINATION 
SEC. 28. (a)(1) The first sentence of section 11(b) of the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 630(b)) is 
amended by striking out "twenty-five" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"twenty". 
(2) The second sentence of section 11(b) of such Act is amended 
to read as follows: "The term also means (1) any agent of such a 
person, and (2) a State or political subdivision of a State and any 
a'^ency or instrumentality of a State or a political subdivision of a 
State, and any interstate agency, but such term does not include the 
United States, or a corporation wholly owned by the Government of 
the United States.". 
(3) Section 11(c) of such Act is amended by striking out ", or an 
agency of a State or political subdivision of a State, except that such 
term shall include the United States Emplo^/^ment Service and the 
system of State and local employment services receiving Federal 
assistance". 
"Employee." 
(4) Scctiou 11(f) of such Act Is amended to read as follows: 
"(f) The term 'employee' means an individual employed by any 
employer except that the term 'employee' shall not include any 
person elected to public office in any State or political subdivision 
of any State by the qualified voters thereof, or any person chosen 
by such officer to be on such officer's personal staff, or an appointee on 
the policymaking level or an immediate adviser with respect to the 
exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of the office. The exemp-
tion set forth in the preceding sentence shall not include employees 
subject to the civil service laws of a State government, governmental 
agency, or political subdivision.". 
29 use 634. 
(5) Section 16 of such Act is amended by striking out "$3,000,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$5,000,000". 
(b) (1) The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 is 
29 use 621 
amended by redesignating sections 15 and 16, and all references 
thereto, as sections 16 and 17, respectively. 
(2) The Age Discrimina^tion in Employment Act of 1967 is fur-
2
9 use 633. 
^j^ei- amended by adding immediately after section 14 the following 
new section: 
"NONDISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF AGE IN FEDERAL, GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYMENT 
29 use 633a. 
"SEC. 15. (a) All personnel actions affecting employees or applicants 
for employment (except with regard to aliens employed outside the 
limits of the United States) in military departments as defined in 
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section 102 of title 5, United States Code, in executive agencies as 
defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code (including employ-
ees and applicants for employment who are paid from nonappro-
priated funds), in the United States Postal Service and the Postal 
Rate Commission, in those units in the government of the District of 
Columbia having positions in the competitive service, and in those 
units of the legislative and judicial branches of the Federal Govern-
ment having positions in the competitive service, and in the Library of 
Congress shall be made free from any discrimination based on age. 
"(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Civil 
Enforcement. 
Service Commission is authorized to enforce the provisions of subsec-
tion (a) through appropriate remedies, including reinstatement or 
hiring of employees with or without backpay, as will effectuate the 
policies of this section. The Civil Service.Commission shall issue such 
rules, regulations, orders, and instructions as it deems necessary and 
appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this section. The 
Civil Service Commission shall— 
"(1) be responsible for the review and evaluation of the oper- 
Reports. 
ation of all agency programs designed to carry out the policy of 
this section, periodically obtaining and publishing (on at least a 
semiannual basis) progress reports from each department, agency, 
or unit referred to in subsection (a) ; 
"(2) consult with and solicit the recommendations of interested 
individuals, groups, and organizations relating to nondiscrimina-
tion in employment on account of age; and 
" (3) provide for the acceptance and processing of complaints of 
discrimination in Federal employment on account of age. 
The head of each such department, agency, or unit shall comply with 
such rules, regulations, orders, and instructions of the Civil Service 
Commission which shall include a provision that an employee or appli-
cant for employment shall be notified of any final action taken on any 
complaint of discrimination filed by him thereunder. Reasonable 
exemptions to the provisions of this section may be established by the 
Commission but only when the Commission has established a maxi-
mum age requirement on the basis of a determination that age is a 
bona fide occupational qualification necessary to the performance of 
the duties of the position. With respect to employment in the Library 
of Congress, authorities granted in this subsection to the Civil Service 
Commission shall be exercised by the Librarian of Congress. 
"(c) Any person aggrieved may bring a civil action in any Federal 
^^^^^ actions. 
district court of competent jvirisdiction for such legal or equitable relief 
as will effectuate the purposes of this Act. 
"(d) When the individual has not filed a complaint concerning age 
discrimination with the Commission, no civil action may be commenced 
by any individual under this section until the individual has given 
the Commission not less than thirty days' notice of an intent to file 
such action. Such notice shall be filed within one hundred and eighty 
days after the alleged unlawful practice occurred. Upon receiving a 
notice of intent to sue, the Commission shall promptly notify all per-
sons named therein as prospective defendants in the action and take 
any appropriate action to assure the elimination of any unlawful 
practice. 
"(e) Nothing contained in this section shall relieve any Govern-
ment agency or official of the responsibility to assure nondiscrimina-
tion on account of age in employment as required under any provision 
of Federal law." 
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29 use 202 
note. 
29 use 202 
note. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 29. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on May 1,1974. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), on and after the date of the 
enactment of this Act the Secretary of Labor is authorized to prescribe 
necessary rules, regulations, and orders with regard to the amend-
ments made by this Act. 
Approved April 8, 1974. 
April 9, 1974 
[S.2174] 
Public Law 93-260 
AN ACT 
To amend certain provisions of law defining widow and widower under tlie civil 
service retirement system, and for other purposes. 
Civil Service 
retirement sys-
tem. 
Survivor annui-
ties. 
Annuity compu-
tation. 
Effective date. 
5 u s e 8339 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That (a) clauses 
(1) (A) and (2) (A) of section 8341(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
are amended by striking out "2 years" wherever it appears and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "1 year". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall not 
apply in the cases of employees, Members, or annuitants who died 
before the date of enactment of this Act. The rights of such individuals 
and their survivors shall continue in the same manner and to the same 
extent as if such amendments had not been enacted. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 8339(f)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by deleting "greater" and inserting "greatest" in place 
thereof; 
(2) by deleting the word "or" immediately after the semicolon 
at the end of clause (A) ; 
(3) by redesignating clause (B) as clause (C) ; and 
(4) by inserting immediately below clause (A) the following 
new clause (B) : 
"(B) the average pay of the Member; or". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
apply to annuities paid for months beginning after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
Approved April 9, 1974. 
Public Law 93-261 
April 11,1974 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 941] Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1974, for the Veterans Administration, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
t^fllfn^"^ Admin- States of America in Congress asse^nbled^ That the following sum is 
" '"" 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, namely: 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
istration 
Supplemental 
appropriation. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For an additional amount for "Readjustment benefits", $750,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
Approved April 11, 1974.