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PUBLIC LAW 85-231-AUG. 30, 1957

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Public Law 85-231 August 30, 1957 R. 74S8]

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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, amendments. 52 Stat. 1060. 29 USC 201. 29 USC 213.

43 USC 1331. 70 Stat. 1118. 29 USC 216.

61 Stat. 84. 29 USC 25 1 note.

29 USC 217.

Effective date.

AN ACT To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, to restrict its application in certain overseas areas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, is further amended as follows: (1) Section 18 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection (f): "(f) The provisions of sections 6, 7, 11, and 12 shall not apply with respect to any employee whose services during the workweek are performed in a workplace within a foreign country or within territory under the jurisdiction of the United States other than the following: a State of the United States; the District of Columbia; Alaska; Hawaii; Puerto Rico; the Virgin Islands; outer Continental Shelf lands defined in the Outer (Continental Shelf Lands Act (ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462); American Samoa; Guam; Wake Island; and the Canal Zone." (2) Section 16(d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (d) In any action or proceeding commenced prior to, on, or after the date of enactment of this subsection, no employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment under this Act or the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 on account of his failure to comply with any provision or provisions of such Acts (1) with respect to work heretofore or hereafter performed in a workplace to which the exemption in section 13 (f) is applicable, (2) with respect to work performed in Guam, the Canal Zone or Wake Island before the effective date of this amendment of subsection (d), or (3) with respect to work performed in a possession named in section 6(a)(3) at any time prior to the establishment by the Secretary, as provided therein, of a minimum wage rate applicable to such work." (3) In section 17 of such Act, strike the word "and" after the words "Canal Zone", and insert the words "and the District Court of Guam" after the words "Virgin Islands". SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of ninety days from the date of its enactment. Approved August 30, 1957. Public Law 85-232

August 30, 1957 [H. J. R e s. 370]

70 Stat. 957.

JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the time limit for the Secretary of Commerce to sell certain war-built vessels for utilization on essential trade routes 3 and 4.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of Public Law 938, Eighty-fourth Congress, chapter 904, second session, is amended by striking out the words "within one year after the enactment of this joint resolution" and substituting the following words "within two years after the enactment of this joint resolution." Approved August 30, 1957.

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