S 1570 99th Congress Senate

Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985

Official title: A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and political subdivisions of States from the provisions of that Act re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and political subdivisions of States from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours, to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 9, 1985 See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment Correctional personnelCorrections and Correctional InstitutionsCrime and Law EnforcementFines (Penalties)

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Fire fightersFires and Fire FightersFlexible work hoursHours of laborLaw enforcement officersLocal and Municipal GovernmentLocal officials and employeesMinimum wagesNondiscrimination provisionsOvertimeStandardsState legislaturesState officials and employeesStatesVolunteer workersWages

Everywhere this bill has been 33 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 13, 1985

Became Public Law No: 99-150.

Nov 13, 1985

Signed by President.

Nov 12, 1985

Presented to President.

Nov 12, 1985

Measure Signed in Senate.

Nov 7, 1985

Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

Nov 7, 1985

Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

Nov 7, 1985

House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

Nov 7, 1985

Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

Nov 1, 1985

Conference Report 99-357 Filed in House.

Nov 1, 1985

Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-357 Filed in House.

Nov 1, 1985

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hawkins, Clay, Murphy, Williams, Jeffords, Petri, Bartlett.

Nov 1, 1985

House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Nov 1, 1985

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Oct 31, 1985

Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Hatch; Stafford; Nickles; Kennedy; Metzenbaum.

Oct 31, 1985

Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.

Oct 31, 1985

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.

Oct 31, 1985

Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Oct 31, 1985

Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Oct 28, 1985

House Incorporated H.R.3530 in This Measure as an Amendment.

Oct 28, 1985

Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Oct 28, 1985

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Oct 28, 1985

Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

Oct 24, 1985

Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

Oct 24, 1985

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

Oct 24, 1985

Measure laid before Senate.

Oct 17, 1985

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348.

Oct 17, 1985

Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 99-159.

Oct 8, 1985

Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Approved for reporting with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Sep 10, 1985

Subcommittee on Labor. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-359.

Aug 28, 1985

Subcommittee on Labor. Hearings held at Oklahoma City, OK.

Aug 1, 1985

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Aug 1, 1985

Introduced in Senate

Jul 25, 1985

Subcommittee on Labor. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 881	–	To make certain technical and minor conforming changes.	Agreed to	Oct 24, 1985

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Latest action November 13, 1985

Became Public Law No: 99-150.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours.

Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services.

Related & companion bills 3

Bill text 1 version

Public Law PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Subcommittee
Senate · subcommittee of Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 2

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · Sep 9, 1985

McConnell, Mitch

Kentucky · Aug 1, 1985

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