Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act

(Sec. 2) This bill postpones from December 1, 2016, until June 1, 2017, the effective date of a final rule of the Department of Labor (81 Fed. Reg. 32552 [May 23, 2016]) revising income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer ("white collar") employees exempt from regular minimum wage and overtime pay requirements.

Nothing in this bill shall be construed as providing authority for such rule, nor any part of it, that is not otherwise provided by law.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6094 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6094

 To provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a rule of the 
   Department of Labor relating to income thresholds for determining 
   overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside 
                     sales, and computer employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2016

Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
    Hunter, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Guthrie, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. Messer, Mr. 
  Byrne, Mr. Brat, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. 
Grothman, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Allen, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Hill, Ms. 
  Sinema, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Benishek, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. 
Newhouse, Mr. Westerman, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Knight, Mr. Barr, 
and Mr. Dold) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a rule of the 
   Department of Labor relating to income thresholds for determining 
   overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside 
                     sales, and computer employees.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Relief for Small 
Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULE.

    (a) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding the effective date set forth 
in the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to exemptions 
regarding the rates of pay for executive, administrative, professional, 
outside sales, and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32552 (May 23, 
2016)), such rule shall not take effect until June 1, 2017.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to provide authority for the rule described in subsection (a), nor any 
part thereof, that is not otherwise provided by law.
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