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HR 647 105th Congress House Labor and Employment Hours of labor Minimum wages Overtime Salaries White collar workers

White Collar Reform Act

Introduced: February 6, 1997 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 105th Congress ended
It never became law before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E317-318)
Feb 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 6, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

White Collar Reform Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from its wage requirements employees whose rate of annual compensation, including specified elements, is at least $40,000.

Revises requirements for exemptions based on an employee's administrative capacity to provide that the relationship between an employee's job duties and the management policies or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers shall not be considered in determining whether such employee is employed in a bona fide administrative capacity.

Prohibits, in determining whether the employee is exempt from specified wage requirements, consideration of: (1) the fact that an employee is subject to deductions in pay for absences of less than a full day or of less than a full pay period, when there has not been an actual reduction in pay for the pay period; and (2) the payment of overtime compensation or other additions to compensation based on hours worked in excess of a daily or weekly amount.

What's happening now February 26, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E317-318)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 647: White Collar Reform Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-647/
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"H.R. 647: White Collar Reform Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-647/.
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H.R. 647, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-647/.
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