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HR 3540 106th Congress House

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision or blindness.

Introduced: February 3, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
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Feb 23, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jan 27, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 27, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 23, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a special certificate, which allows payment of wages lower than the Federal minimum wage to handicapped workers, to any individual by reason of that individual's impaired vision or blindness.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Independent 1
JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
· Sep 12, 2000
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 28, 2000
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jun 28, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 28, 2000
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 14, 2000
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 10, 2000
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 3, 2000
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 3, 2000
Vitter, David
· Feb 3, 2000
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 1, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3540: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision or blindness.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3540/
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"H.R. 3540: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision or blindness.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3540/.
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H.R. 3540, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3540/.
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