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HR 3956 105th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Federal employees Labor and Employment Overtime Wages

Federal Employees Overtime Pay Act of 1998

Introduced: May 22, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 29, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
May 22, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
May 22, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Employees Overtime Pay Act of 1998 - Increases the limitation on the rate for overtime pay for Federal employees to 150 percent of the minimum hourly rate of pay for GS-15 (currently, GS-10).

What's happening now May 29, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 12, 1998
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Oct 5, 1998
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 30, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3956: Federal Employees Overtime Pay Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3956/
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