Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 29 : Section 202


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 202. Congressional finding and declaration of policy

      (a) The Congress finds that the existence, in industries engaged
    in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor
    conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard
    of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being
    of workers (1) causes commerce and the channels and
    instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate
    such labor conditions among the workers of the several States; (2)
    burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; (3)
    constitutes an unfair method of competition in commerce; (4) leads
    to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free
    flow of goods in commerce; and (5) interferes with the orderly and
    fair marketing of goods in commerce. That Congress further finds
    that the employment of persons in domestic service in households
    affects commerce.
      (b) It is declared to be the policy of this chapter, through the
    exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce among the
    several States and with foreign nations, to correct and as rapidly
    as practicable to eliminate the conditions above referred to in
    such industries without substantially curtailing employment or
    earning power.



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