,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cidg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,sanders 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,butler7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act  
of #aich to reduce the standard workweek
 from #dj hours per week to #cb hours   
per week1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,thirty-,two ,hour ,workweek ,act4  
#b4 ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act ,the   
,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich   
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in section #g 7#bi       
,u4,s4,c4 #bjg7-- 7,a7 in subsection    
7a7-- 7i7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,i7 by   
striking commerce1 for a workweek longer
 than forty hours and all that follows  
through the period and inserting        
commerce--2 and  7,,ii7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7,a7 for a workweek

 longer than thirty-two hours unless    
such employee receives compensation for 
his employment in excess of such hours  
at a rate not less than one and one-half
 times the regular rate at which he is  
employed2 or  7,b7 for a workday-- 7i7  
longer than eight hours1 but not longer 
than #ab hours1 unless such employee    
receives compensation for his employment
 in excess of eight hours at a rate not 
less than one and one-half times the    
regular rate at which he is employed2 or
  7ii7 longer than twelve hours unless  
such employee receives compensation for 
his employment in excess of such hours  
at a rate not less than double the      
regular rate at which he is employed4  2
  7ii7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,i7 in the  
matter that precedes subparagraph 7,a71 
by striking ,fair ,labor ,standards     
,amendments of #aiff and inserting      
,thirty-,two ,hour ,workweek ,act2 and  
7,,ii7 by striking subparagraphs 7,a7   
through 7,c7 and inserting the          
following3  7,a7 for a workweek longer  

than thirty-eight hours during the      
#a-year period beginning not less than  
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of the ,thirty-,two ,hour     
,workweek ,act1  7,b7 for a workweek    
longer than thirty-six hours during the 
second year after the first day of such 
period1  7,c7 for a workweek longer than
 thirty-four hours during the third year
 after the first day of such period1 or 
7,d7 for a workweek longer than         
thirty-two hours after the expiration of
 the third year after the first day of  
such period1  2 and  7iii7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#c7 ,with      
respect to any employee described in    
paragraph 7#b7 who in any workweek is   
brought within the purview of this      
subsection by the amendments made to    
this ,act by the ,thirty-,two ,hour     
,workweek ,act1 the employer of such    
employee may not reduce the total       
workweek compensation rate1 including   
the regular rate at which the employee  
is employed1 or any other employee      

benefit due to the employee being       
brought within the purview of this      
subsection by such amendments4  2 and   
7,b7 in subsection 7l7-- 7i7 by striking
 ,no and inserting ,except as provided  
in subsection 7a77#b71 no2 and  7ii7 by 
striking forty and inserting thirty-two2
 and  7#b7 in section #ah7;a7 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #bah7;a77 by inserting or     
workday after workweek in each place it 
occurs4