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"(20) any employee employed by the United States

4 (A) as a civilian in the military departments as defined in

5 section 102 of title 5, United States Code, (B) in executive

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agencies (other than the General Accounting Office) as de7 fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code (including 8 employees who are paid from nonappropriated funds), (C) 9 in the United States Postal Service and the Postal Rate Com10 mission, (D) in those units of the government of the District 11 of Columbia having positions in the competitive service, (E) 12 in those units of the legislative and judicial branches of the 13 Federal Government having positions in the competitive 14 service, and (F) in the Library of Congress, and any em15 ployee employed by any State or a political subdivision of 16 any State holding a position comparable to one of the posi17 tions enumerated in this paragraph for individuals employed 18 by the United States."

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SEC. 3. (a) Section 6 (a) (1) of the Fair Labor Stand

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"(1) (A) not less than $1.80 an hour during the

first year from the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1973,

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"(B) not less than $2 an hour during the second

year from the effective date of such amendments,

"(C) not less than $2.10 an hour during the third year from the effective date of such amendments,

"(D) not less than $2.20 an hour during the fourth year from the effective date of such amendments, and "(E) not less than $2.30 an hour thereafter." (b) Paragraph (5) of section (6) (a) is amended to 9 read as follows:

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"(5) if such employee is employed in agriculture, not less than $1.50 an hour during the first year from

the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amend

ments of 1973, not less than $1.70 an hour during the second year

from the effective date of such amendments,

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and not less than $1.90 an hour thereafter."

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(c) (1) Section 6(b) of such Act is repealed.

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EMPLOYEES IN THE CANAL ZONE

SEC. 4. Section 6 (a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act

22 of 1938 is amended by striking out the period at the end

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a semicolon and the word "or", and by adding at the end

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(6) if such employee is employed in the Canal

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Zone not less than $1.60 an hour."

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SEC. 5. Paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 6(b) (2) 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as redesignated 8 by section 3 (c) (2) of this Act) are amended to read as 9 follows:

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"(A) The rate or rates applicable under the most recent 11 wage order issued by the Secretary prior to the effective 12 date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1973 in13 creased by 12.5 per centum unless such rate or rates are 14 superseded by the rate or rates prescribed in a wage order 15 issued by the Secretary pursuant to the recommendations 16 of a review committee appointed under paragraph (C). 17 Such rate or rates shall become effective sixty days after 18 the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments 19 of 1973, or one year from the effective date of the most 20 recent wage order applicable to such employee theretofore 21 issued by the Secretary pursuant to the recommendations 22 of a special industry committee appointed under section 5, 23 whichever is later.

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recent wage order issued by the Secretary prior to the effec4 tive date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1973 5 unless such rate or rates are superseded by the rate or rates 6 prescribed in a wage order issued by the Secretary pursuant 7 to the recommendation of a review committee appointed 8 under paragraph (C).

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"(ii) Effective two years after the applicable effective 10 date under paragraph (A), the rate or rates prescribed by 11 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph increased by an amount 12 equal to 12.5 per centum of the rate or rates applicable 13 under the most recent wage order issued by the Secretary 14 prior to the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards 15 Amendments of 1973 unless such rate or rates are super16 seded by the rate or rates prescribed in a wage order issued 17 by the Secretary pursuant to the recommendation of a review committee appointed under paragraph (C)."

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PROOF OF AGE REQUIREMENT

SEC. 6. Section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of

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new subsection:

"(d) In order to carry out the objectives of this sec

24 tion, the Secretary may by regulations require employers to

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2 SEC. 7. (a) Section 13 (c) (1) of the Fair Labor

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“(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) the 5 provisions of section 12 (relating to child labor) shall not 6 apply to any employee employed in agriculture outside of 7 school hours for the school district where such employee is 8 living while he

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"(A) is employed by his parent, or by a person standing in the place of his parent, on a farm owned

or operated by such parent or person,

"(B) is fourteen years of age or older, or

"(C) is twelve years of age or older, and (i)

such employment is with the written consent of his parent or person standing in place of his parent, or (ii) his parent or such person is employed on the same farm.".

(b) Section 13 (d) of such Act is amended to read as follows:

"(d) The provisions of sections 6, 7, and 12 shall not

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of newspapers to the consumer, and the provisions of section 12 shall not apply with respect to any such employee when engaged in the delivery to households or consumers

of shopping news (including shopping guides, handbills, or