                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                CHAPTER 24--CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
 
Part A--Employment Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor 
    Standards, Employee Polygraph Protection, Worker Adjustment and 
  Retraining, Employment and Reemployment of Veterans, and Intimidation
 
Sec. 1313. Rights and protections under Fair Labor Standards Act 
        of 1938
        

(a) Fair labor standards

                           (1) In general

        The rights and protections established by subsections (a)(1) and 
    (d) of section 6, section 7, and section 12(c) of the Fair Labor 
    Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206 (a)(1) and (d), 207, 212(c)) 
    shall apply to covered employees.

                             (2) Interns

        For the purposes of this section, the term ``covered employee'' 
    does not include an intern as defined in regulations under 
    subsection (c) of this section.

                        (3) Compensatory time

        Except as provided in regulations under subsection (c)(3) of 
    this section and in subsection (c)(4) of this section, covered 
    employees may not receive compensatory time in lieu of overtime 
    compensation.

(b) Remedy

    The remedy for a violation of subsection (a) of this section shall 
be such remedy, including liquidated damages, as would be appropriate if 
awarded under section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 216(b)).

(c) Regulations to implement section

                           (1) In general

        The Board shall, pursuant to section 1384 of this title, issue 
    regulations to implement this section.

                       (2) Agency regulations

        Except as provided in paragraph (3), the regulations issued 
    under paragraph (1) shall be the same as substantive regulations 
    promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to implement the statutory 
    provisions referred to in subsection (a) of this section except 
    insofar as the Board may determine, for good cause shown and stated 
    together with the regulation, that a modification of such 
    regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the 
    rights and protections under this section.

                    (3) Irregular work schedules

        The Board shall issue regulations for covered employees whose 
    work schedules directly depend on the schedule of the House of 
    Representatives or the Senate that shall be comparable to the 
    provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 [29 U.S.C. 201 et 
    seq.] that apply to employees who have irregular work schedules.

                         (4) Law enforcement

        Law enforcement personnel of the Capitol Police who are subject 
    to the exemption under section 7(k) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
    of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(k)) may elect to receive compensatory time 
    off in lieu of overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of 
    the maximum for their work period.

(d) Omitted

(e) Effective date

    Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be effective 1 year 
after January 23, 1995.

(Pub. L. 104-1, title II, Sec. 203, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 
104-197, title III, Sec. 312, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2415.)

                       References in Text

    The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), 
is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 201 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of 
Title 29 and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 203 of Pub. L. 104-1. Subsec. (d) of 
section 203 of Pub. L. 104-1 amended section 203 of Title 29, Labor.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104-197, Sec. 312(a), inserted ``and 
in subsection (c)(4) of this section'' after ``subsection (c)(3) of this 
section''.
    Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 104-197, Sec. 312(b), added par. (4).
