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The Fair Labor Standards Act: Minimum Wage in the 109th Congress (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Oct. 30, 2006
Report Number RL33401
Report Type Report
Authors William G. Whittaker, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the primary federal statute in the fieldsof minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor, and related subjects. In the 109thCongress, legislation in a variety of forms has been introduced that would modify theact in each of these areas, and that would extend the act's minimum wage protectionsto workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).