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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals, and for other…

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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 6, 2003 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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May 27, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
May 6, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 6, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers.
What's happening now May 27, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1996: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1996/
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"H.R. 1996: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1996/.
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H.R. 1996, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1996/.
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[H.R. 1996: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1996/)
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