Public Law 105-221

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Public Law 105-221
105th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To provide that certain volunteers at private non-profit food banks are 
 not employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards <<NOTE: Aug. 7, 
                   1998 -  [H.R. 3152]>> Act of 1938.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Amy Somers Volunteers at 
Food Banks Act.>> assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT <<NOTE: 29 USC 201 note.>> TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.

    Section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) The term `employee' does not include individuals who 
volunteer their services solely for humanitarian purposes to private 
non-profit food banks and who receive from the food banks 
groceries.''.

    Approved August 7, 1998.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3152:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
            June 25, considered and passed House.
            July 29, considered and passed Senate.

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