,,ii #aaith ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #chfg ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,february #ab1 #bjbf,mr4 ,gallego 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 require employers to compensate employees working on a legal public holiday for such work at a rate that is not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which the employee is employed1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,holiday ,pay ,act4 #b4 ,rate of compensation for work performed on legal public holidays 7a7 ,in general ,the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #c 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjc71 by adding at the end the following3 7z7 ,legal public holiday means any legal public holiday specified in section #fajc7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4 2 and 7#b7 by inserting after section #g 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjg7 the following3 #h4 ,rate of compensation for work performed on legal public holidays ,no employer shall employ an employee who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce1 or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce1 for work performed on a legal public holiday unless such employee receives compensation for such work at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate 7as determined under section #g7;e77 at which the employee is employed4 4 7b7 ,exclusion from compensation creditable towards overtime compensation ,section #g7;h77#b7 of the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjg7;h77#b77 is amended by inserting 7other than for work performed on a legal public holiday as required under section #h7 after 7#f74 7c7 ,exemptions ,section #ac7;f7 of the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bac7;f77 is amended by striking #f1 #g1 #aa1 and #ab and inserting #f1 #g1 #h1 #aa1 and #ab4 7d7 ,prohibited acts2 enforcement ,the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #ae7;a7 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bae7;a77-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking section #f or section #g1 and inserting section #f1 #g1 or #h12 and 7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking section #f or section #g1 and inserting section #f1 #g1 or #h12 7#b7 in section #af 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #baf7-- 7,a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7i7 by striking section #f or section #g each place it appears and inserting section #f1 #g1 or #h2 7ii7 by striking their unpaid minimum wages1 or the unpaid overtime compensation1 and inserting their unpaid minimum wages1 unpaid overtime compensation1 or unpaid legal public holiday compensation12 and 7iii7 by inserting or unpaid legal public holiday compensation after the amount of unpaid overtime compensation2 7,b7 in subsection 7c7-- 7i7 in the first sentence-- 7,i7 by striking the unpaid minimum wages or the unpaid overtime compensation and inserting the unpaid minimum wages1 unpaid overtime compensation1 or unpaid legal public holiday compensation2 7,,ii7 by striking section #f or #g and inserting section #f1 #g1 or #h2 and 7,,iii7 by striking such unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation and inserting such unpaid minimum wages1 unpaid overtime compensation1 or unpaid legal public holiday compensation2 7ii7 in the second sentence1 by striking unpaid minimum wages or overtime compensation inserting unpaid minimum wages1 unpaid overtime compensation1 or unpaid legal public holiday compensation2 and 7iii7 in the third sentence1 by striking unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation under sections #f and #g and inserting unpaid minimum wages1 unpaid overtime compensation1 or unpaid legal public holiday compensation under section #f1 #g1 or #h2 and 7,c7 in subsection 7e77#b71 by striking section #f or #g and inserting section #f1 #g1 or #h2 and 7#c7 in section #ag 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bag71 by striking minimum wages or overtime compensation and inserting minimum wages1 overtime compensation1 or legal public holiday compensation4 7e7 ,relation to other laws ,section #ah of the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bah7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7c7 ,no provision of this ,act or of any order thereunder shall excuse noncompliance with any ,federal or ,state law or municipal ordinance-- 7#a7 establishing a rate of compensation for work performed on a legal public holiday that is higher than the rate required under section #h2 or 7#b7 otherwise requiring compensation for work performed on any other holiday that is greater than the compensation required under this ,act4 4 7f7 ,additional conforming amendments 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 is amended-- 7,a7 in section #c7o7 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjc7o771 by striking sections #f and #g and inserting sections #f1 #g1 and #h2 7,b7 in section #d7;f71 by striking unpaid minimum wages1 or unpaid overtime compensation1 and inserting unpaid minimum wages1 unpaid overtime compensation1 or unpaid legal public holiday compensation12 and 7,c7 by repealing section #aj 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #baj74 7#b7 ,statute of limitations ,section #f of the ,portal-to-,portal ,act of #aidg 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bee7 is amended by inserting unpaid legal public holiday compensation1 after unpaid overtime compensation14