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Penalty.

PUBLIC LAW 87-581-AUG. 13, 1962

[76 STAT.

performance of any work contemplated by any contract to which this Act applies, who shall intentionally violate any provision of this Act, shall be deemed ^ i l t y of a misdemeanor, and for each and every such offense shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction thereof. TITLE II — M I S C E L L A N E O U S AND EFFECTIVE D A T E

5 USC 673c.

62 Stat. 942.

SEC. 20L The proviso of section 23 of the Act of March 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 509, 622), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: '•'•Provided, That the regular hours of labor are hereby established at not more than eight per day or forty per week, but work in excess of such hours shall be permitted when administratively determined to be in the public interest: Provided further, That overtime work in excess of eight hours per day or in excess of forty hours per week shall be compensated for at not less than time and one-half the basic rate of compensation, except that employees subject to this section who are regularly required to remain at or within the confines of their post of duty in excess of eight hours per day in a standby or on-call status shall be paid overtime rates only for hours of duty, exclusive of eating and sleeping time, in excess of forty per week." SEC. 202. (a) Section 1499 of title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: "§1499. Liquidated damages withheld from contractors under Contract Work Hours Standards Act

Ant«, p. 358.

37 Stat. 137; 62 Stat. 989.

Repeals.

Effective date.

"The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any claini for liquidated damages withheld from a contractor or subcontractor under section 104 of the Contract Work Hours Standards Act." (b) The Court of Claims shall continue to have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any claim for a penalty withheld from a contractor or subcontractor under section 324 of title 40, United States Code, in connection with any contract subject to said section existing on the effective date of this Act, or thereafter entered into pursuant to invitations for bids that are outstanding at the time of the enactment of this Act. '' SEC. 203. The following statutes are hereby repealed: Sections 1 and 2 of the Act of August 1, 1892 (27 Stat. 340; 40 U.S.C. 321, 322), as amended by the Act of March 3, 1913 (37 Stat. 726); sections 892 and 893 of the Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1334; D.C. Code, 1961 edition, secs. 22-3407, 3408); the Act of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137; 40 U.S.C. 324, 325), as amended by the Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 989); that portion of the Naval Service Appropriation Act, 1918 (Act of March 4, 1917,39 Stat. 1192), which is codified as section 326 of title 40 of the United States Code (1952 edition); and section 303 of the Second Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 884; 40 U.S.C. 325a). The provisions of such statutes shall, notwithstanding, continue to apply with respect to contracts existing on the effective date of this Act or entered into pursuant to invitations for bids that are outstanding at the time of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 204. This Act shall take effect sixty days after its enactment, but shall not affect any contract then existing or any contract that may thereafter be entered into pursuant to invitations for bids that are outstanding at the time of the enactment of this Act. Approved August 13, 1962, 11:46 a.m.

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