Teacher:In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: SECTION. 1. MINIMUM WAGE.

Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
''(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not
less than--
''(A) $5.15 an hour beginning September 1, 1997,
''(B) $5.48 an hour during the year beginning April
1, 2000,
''(C) $5.81 an hour during the year beginning April
1, 2001, and
''(D) $6.15 an hour beginning April 1, 2002;''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS.

Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
213(a)) is amended by amending paragraph (17) to read as follows:
''(17) any employee who is a computer systems, network, or
database analyst, designer, developer, programmer, software
engineer, or other similarly skilled worker--
''(A) whose primary duty is--
''(i) the application of systems or network
or database analysis techniques and procedures,
including consulting with users, to determine
hardware, software, systems, network, or
database specifications (including functional
specifications);
''(ii) the design, configuration,
development, integration, documentation,
analysis, creation, testing, securing, or
modification of, or problem resolution for,
computer systems, networks, databases, or
programs, including prototypes, based on and
related to user, system, network, or database
specifications, including design specifications
and machine operating systems;
''(iii) the management or training of
employees performing duties described in clause
(i) or (ii); or
''(iv) a combination of duties described in
clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) the performance of
which requires the same level of skills; and
''(B) who, in the case of an employee who is
compensated on an hourly basis, is compensated at a
rate of not less than $27.63 an hour.
For purposes of paragraph (17), the term 'network' includes the
Internet and intranet networks and the world wide web. An
employee who meets the exemption provided by paragraph (17)
shall be considered an employee in a professional capacity
pursuant to paragraph (1);''.

SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SALES EMPLOYEES.

(a) Amendment.--Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)), as amended by section 2, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
''(18) any employee employed in a sales position if--
''(A) the employee has specialized or technical
knowledge related to products or services being sold;
''(B) the employee's--
''(i) sales are predominantly to persons or
entities to whom the employee's position has
made previous sales; or
''(ii) position does not involve initiating
sales contacts;
''(C) the employee has a detailed understanding of
the needs of those to whom the employee is selling;
''(D) the employee exercises discretion in offering
a variety of products and services;
''(E) the employee receives--
''(i) base compensation, determined without
regard to the number of hours worked by the
employee, of not less than an amount equal to
one and one-half times the minimum wage in
effect under section 6(a)(1) multiplied by
2,080; and
''(ii) in addition to the employee's base
compensation, compensation based upon each sale
attributable to the employee;
''(F) the employee's aggregate compensation based
upon sales attributable to the employee is not less
than 40 percent of one and one-half times the minimum
wage multiplied by 2,080;
''(G) the employee receives a rate of compensation
based upon each sale attributable to the employee which
is beyond sales required to reach the compensation
required by subparagraph (F) which rate is not less
than the rate on which the compensation required by
subparagraph (F) is determined; and
''(H) the rate of annual compensation or base
compensation for any employee who did not work for an
employer for an entire calendar year is prorated to
reflect annual compensation which would have been
earned if the employee had been compensated at the same
rate for the entire calendar year;''.
(b) Construction.--The amendment made by subsection (a) may not be
construed to apply to individuals who are employed as route sales
drivers.

SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FOR FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
213(a)), as amended by section 3, is amended by adding after paragraph
(18) the following:
''(19) any employee employed as a licensed funeral director
or a licensed embalmer.''.
Student:
(Sec. 2) Revises an exemption from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers.
(Sec. 3) Exempts from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements any employee in a sales position, if: (1) the employee has specialized or technical knowledge related to products or services being sold; (2) the employee's sales are predominantly to persons who are entities to whom the employee has made previous sales or the employee's position does not involve initiating sales contacts; (3) the employee has a detailed understanding of customers' needs and exercises discretion in offering a variety of products and services; (4) the employee receives a base compensation at a specified minimum rate and additional compensation based on sales attributable to the employee; (5) the employee's aggregate compensation based upon sales reaches a specified minimum level; and (6) the rate of annual compensation or base compensation for an employee who did not work for an employer for an entire calendar year is prorated to reflect annual compensation which would have been earned if the employee had been compensated at the same rate for the entire calendar year. Makes such exemption inapplicable to individuals employed as route sales drivers.
(Sec. 4) Exempts licensed funeral directors and licensed embalmers from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements.