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Source
(June 25, 1938, ch. 676, § 5, 52 Stat. 1062; June 26, 1940, ch. 432, § 3(c), 54 Stat. 615; Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 736, § 5, 63 Stat. 911; Aug. 12, 1955, ch. 867, § 5(a), 69 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 87–30, § 4, May 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 67; Pub. L. 93–259, § 5(a), Apr. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 56; Pub. L. 101–157, § 4(a), Nov. 17, 1989, 103 Stat. 939.)
Amendments
1989—Pub. L. 101–157, § 4(a)(4), substituted “American Samoa” for “Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–157, § 4(a)(1), (2), substituted “American Samoa engaged” for “Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, or in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, engaged”, “American Samoa where” for “such island or islands where”, and “American Samoa.” for “Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.”
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–157, § 4(a)(3), struck out subsec. (e) which related to the application of sections
206 and
208 to employees in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
1974—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93–259 added subsec. (e).
1961—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–30 inserted “or employed in any enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” after “production of goods for commerce” in two places.
1955—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 12, 1955, struck out provisions which subjected the Administrator to provisions of section
208 of this title in determination of minimum rates of wages and classifications.
1949—Act Oct. 26, 1949, amended section generally, making it applicable only to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
1940—Subsec. (e). Joint Res. June 26, 1940, added subsec. (e).
Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–259 effective May 1, 1974, see section 29(a) of Pub. L. 93–259, set out as a note under section
202 of this title.
Effective Date of 1961 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 87–30 effective upon expiration of one hundred and twenty days after May 5, 1961, except as otherwise provided, see section 14 of Pub. L. 87–30, set out as a note under section
203 of this title.
Effective Date of 1949 Amendment
Amendment by act Oct. 26, 1949, effective ninety days after Oct. 26, 1949, see section 16(a) of act Oct. 26, 1949, set out as a note under section
202 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
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, §§ 1,
2, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Definition of “Administrator”
The term “Administrator” as meaning the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, see section
204 of this title.
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