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PUBLIC LAW 89-684-OCT. 15, 1966

[80 STAT.

submitted to it and convene a new committee for the purpose of considering such subject, or (2) consider the subject without the recommendations of an ad hoc advisory committee and prepare and publish a revised wage order for the occupation in accordance with the procedure specified in section 7. "ISSUANCE OF REVISED WAGE ORDERS

"SEC. 7. (a) Upon receipt of the report from the ad hoc advisory committee, or upon the discharge of such committee, in.accordance with section 6(f), the Commissioners may prepare a proposed revised wage order for the occupation, giving due consideration to any recommendations contained in the report of such committee. I n such order the Commissioners shall provide, among other things, such allowances as xtre recommended in the report. The Commissioners shall publish a notice once a week, for four successive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation printed in the District of Columbia, stating that they will, on a date and at a place named in the notice, hold a public hearing at which all interested persons will be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. Such notice shall contain a summary of the major provisions of the proposed revised wage order. " (b) Within thirty days after such hearing, the Commissioners may make such an order as may be proper or necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Notice of such order shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation printed in the District of Columbia and such order shall take effect upon the expiration of sixty days after the date on which such order was made by the Commissioners. "(c) A wage order issued under this section shall define the occupation and classifications to which it is to apply, and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Commissioners find necessary to (1) carry out the purposes of such order, (2) to prevent the circumvention or evasion of it, and (3) to safeguard the minimum wage rates and overtime compensation established in it. " (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to authorize the Commissioners to establish a minimum weekly wage which would require an employer to pay an employee in any week an amount greater than the amount such employer would have to pay such employee under section 3 for the hours worked in such week. "REGULATIONS

"SEC, 8. (a) The Commissioners shall make and revise such regulations, including definitions of terms, as they may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act or necessary to prevent its circumvention or evasion and to safeguard the m'nimum wage rates and the overtime provisions established in this Act. " (b) The Commissioners shall make regulations— "(1) providing reasonable allowances for board, lodging, or services customarily furnished by employers to employees, "(2) providing reasonable allowances for gratuities in any occupation in which gratuities have customarily and usually constituted and have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hiring purposes, and "(3) providing allowances for such other special conditions or circumstances which may be usual in a particular employeremployee relationship. "(c) The Commissioners may make regulations— "(1) defining and governing the employment of handicapped workers and workers under the age of 18 and providing minimum

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