For the effective date of this section, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(C)(ii), see Effective Date note below.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 201 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of Title 29 and Tables.

Section is based on section 457(a) of H.R. 8998, from the 118th Congress (Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Congress, Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025), as passed by the House of Representatives on July 24, 2024, which was enacted into law by section 1807 of div. A of Puspan. L. 119–4.

Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives changed to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, Jan. 3, 2025.

Section effective the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after Mar. 15, 2025, see section 457(d) of H.R. 8998 from the 118th Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on July 24, 2024, set out as an Effective Date of 2025 Amendment note under section 5544 of this title.