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PUBLIC LAW 87-581-AUG. 13, 1962

necessary in the development and propagation of disease-resistant strains of oysters. A grant under this section shall be made upon agreement by the State to use the proceeds thereof only for the purposes specified in this section and to use an additional amount for such purposes from State or other non-Federal sources equal to at least 50 per centum of the amount of such grant. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated such sum, not to exceed $100,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved August 9, 1962.

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Appropriation.

Public Law 87-581 AN ACT To establish standards for hours of work and overtime pay of laborers and mechanics employed on work done under contract for, or with the financial aid of, the United States, for any territory, or for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Work Hours Act of 1962" and title I may be cited as the "Contract Work Hours Standards Act". SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term "this Act" means the Work Hours Act of 1962 except in title I, where it means the Contract Work Hours Standards Act.

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Work Hours Act of 1962.

TITLE I—CONTRACT W O R K H O U R S S T A N D A R D S ACT SEC. 101. As used herein, the term "Secretary" means the Secretary "secretary". of Labor, United States Department of Labor. SEC. 102. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the wages Forty-hour w( of every laborer and mechanic employed by any contractor or sub- provision. contractor in his performance of work on any contract of the character specified in section 103 shall be computed on the basis of a standard workday of eight hours and a standard workweek of forty hours, and work in excess of such standard workday or workweek shall be permitted subject to the provisions of this section. For each workweek in which any such laborer or mechanic is so employed, such wages shall include compensation, at a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay, for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours in the workweek, as the case may be. (b) The following provisions shall be a condition of every contract of the character specified in section 103 and of any obligation of the United States, any territory, or the District of Columbia in connection therewith: (1) No contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of the contract work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or permit any laborer or mechanic, in any workweek in which he is employed on such work, to work in excess of eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours in such workweek except m accordance with the provisions of this Act; and (2) In the event of violation of the provisions of paragraph (1), the Liability of contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable vuaition.* ^°' to such affected employee for his unpaid wages and shall, in addition, be liable to the United States (or, in the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbia or a territory, to such District or to such territory) for liquidated damages as provided therein. Such

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