To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain perishable agricultural commodities from the goods whose sale or distribution in commerce may be prohibited subsequent to a violation of such Act.

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain perishable agricultural commodities (fresh fruits and vegetables, including cherries in brine, whether or not frozen or packed in ice) from the prohibition against the transporting or selling of any goods produced by an employee who was employed in violation of minimum wage or maximum hours requirements, or specified related orders of the Secretary of Labor.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1387 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1387

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 
   perishable agricultural commodities from the goods whose sale or 
distribution in commerce may be prohibited subsequent to a violation of 
                               such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2013

 Mr. Schrader introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 
   perishable agricultural commodities from the goods whose sale or 
distribution in commerce may be prohibited subsequent to a violation of 
                               such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

    Section 15(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
215(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``(other than perishable 
agricultural commodities, as such term is defined in section 1(b)(4) of 
the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C. 
499a(b)(4))'' after ``any goods''.
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