HCONRES 68
115th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Labor
Labor standards
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings
Expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Introduced: June 29, 2017
Introduced by:
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Democratic
· Virginia
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Jun 29, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 29, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that the final rule issued on May 23, 2016, by the Department of Labor titled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees": (1) would provide more than 13 million workers with greater economic security, (2) was created through the legally valid exercises of the congressionally delegated authority of the Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and (3) should be defended and enforced with due haste.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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