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• United States Code
• TITLE 29 - LABOR
• CHAPTER 8 - FAIR LABOR STANDARDS

                                   SOURCE
    (June 25, 1938, ch. 676, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 1061; Oct. 26, 1949, ch.
    736, Sec. 4, 63 Stat. 911; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, Sec.
    1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; Aug. 12, 1955, ch. 867, Sec. 2, 69 Stat.
    711; Pub. L. 87-30, Sec. 3, May 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 66; Pub. L.
    93-259, Secs. 6(b), 24(c), 27, Apr. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 60, 72, 73;
    1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037,
    92 Stat. 3783; Pub. L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1102(a), Dec. 21,
    1995, 109 Stat. 722.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (b), are set forth
    in Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See,
    particularly, section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
      The effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of
    1974, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), is the effective date of Pub.
    L. 93-259, which is May 1, 1974, except as otherwise specifically
    provided, see section 29(a) of Pub. L. 93-259, set out as an
    Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under section 202 of this
    title.
                               CODIFICATION                           
      In subsec. (a), provisions that prescribed the compensation of
    the Administrator were omitted to conform to the provisions of the
    Executive Schedule. See section 5316 of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees.
      In subsec. (b), "chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
    title 5" substituted for "the Classification Act of 1949, as
    amended" on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966,
    80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1995 - Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 104-66 in first sentence
    substituted "biennially" and "preceding two years" for "annually"
    and "preceding year", respectively.
      1974 - Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 93-259, Secs. 24(c), 27(1), (2),
    inserted provision at end of subsec. (d) requiring the report to
    Congress to include a summary of the special certificates issued
    under section 214(b) of this title, designated subsec. (d)
    provisions as subsec. (d)(1), and required the report to contain an
    evaluation and appraisal of overtime coverage established by this
    chapter, respectively.
      Subsec. (d)(2), (3). Pub. L. 93-259, Sec. 27(3), added pars. (2)
    and (3).
      Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 93-259, Sec. 6(b), added subsec. (f).
      1961 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87-30 added subsec. (e).
      1955 - Subsec. (d). Act Aug. 12, 1955, required an evaluation and
    appraisal by the Secretary of the minimum wages, together with his
    recommendations to Congress, to be included in the annual report.
      1949 - Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted
    "Classification Act of 1949" for "Classification Act of 1923".
      Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 26, 1949, increased compensation of
    Administrator to $15,000.
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions relating to enforcement and administration of equal pay
    provisions vested by subsecs. (d)(1) and (f) of this section in
    Secretary of Labor and Civil Service Commission transferred to
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of
    1978, Sec. 1, 43 F.R. 19807, 92 Stat. 3781, set out in the Appendix
    to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective Jan.
    1, 1979, as provided by section 1-101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec.
    28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053.
      "Director of the Office of Personnel Management" substituted for
    "Civil Service Commission" in subsec. (f), pursuant to Reorg. Plan
    No. 2 of 1978, Sec. 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out
    under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees, which transferred all functions vested by statute in
    United States Civil Service Commission to Director of the Office of
    Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective
    Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107,
    Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5.
      Functions of all other officers of Department of Labor and
    functions of all agencies and employees of that Department, with
    exception of functions vested by Administrative Procedure Act (now
    covered by sections 551 et seq. and 701 et seq. of Title 5,
    Government Organization and Employees) in hearing examiners
    employed by Department, transferred to Secretary of Labor, with
    power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance
    of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and
    employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174,
    64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
          MINIMUM WAGE STUDY COMMISSION; ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSES,
                             COMPOSITION, ETC.
      Pub. L. 95-151, Sec. 2(e), Nov. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 1246, provided
    for the establishment, purposes, composition, etc., of the Minimum
    Wage Study Commission, the submission of reports, with the latest
    report being submitted to the President and Congress thirty six
    months after the date of the appointment of the members of the
    Commission and such appointments being made within 180 days after
    Nov. 1, 1977, and the Commission to cease to exist thirty days
    after submission of the report.
                         DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY"                     
      Section 6 of act Aug. 12, 1955, provided that: "The term
    'Secretary' as used in this Act and in amendments made by this Act
    [amending this section and sections 205, 206, 208, and 210 of this
    title] means the Secretary of Labor."