6 1 a semicolon and the word "or", and by adding at the end 2 thereof the following new paragraph: "(6) if such employee is employed in the Canal 3 4 Zone not less than $1.60 an hour." 5 EMPLOYEES IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS .6 SEC. 5. Paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 6 (b) (2) 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as redesignated 8 by section 3 (c) (2) of this Act) are amended to read as 9 follows: 10 "(A) The rate or rates applicable under the most recent 11 wage order issued by the Secretary prior to the effective 12 date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1973 in13 creased by 12.5 per centum unless such rate or rates are 14 superseded by the rate or rates prescribed in a wage order 15 issued by the Secretary pursuant to the recommendations 16 of a review committee appointed under paragraph (C). 17 Such rate or rates shall become effective sixty days after 18 the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments 19 of 1973, or one year from the effective date of the most 20 recent wage order applicable to such employee theretofore 21 issued by the Secretary pursuant to the recommendations 22 of a special industry committee appointed under section 5, 23 whichever is later. 24 "(B) (i) Effective one year after the applicable effec 25 tive date under paragraph (A), the rate or rates prescribed 7 1 by paragraph (A), increased by an amount equal to 12.5 2 per centum of the rate or rates applicable under the most 3 recent wage order issued by the Secretary prior to the effec4 tive date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1973 5 unless such rate or rates are superseded by the rate or rates 6 prescribed in a wage order issued by the Secretary pursuant 7 to the recommendation of a review committee appointed 8 under paragraph (C). 9 "(ii) Effective two years after the applicable effective 10 date under paragraph (A), the rate or rates prescribed by 11 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph increased by an amount 12 equal to 12.5 per centum of the rate or rates applicable 13 under the most recent wage order issued by the Secretary 14 prior to the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards 15 Amendments of 1973 unless such rate or rates are super16 seded by the rate or rates prescribed in a wage order issued 17 by the Secretary pursuant to the recommendation of a re18 view committee appointed under paragraph (C).” 19 20 2 2 2 2 2 21 22 23 PROOF OF AGE REQUIREMENT SEC. 6. Section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) In order to carry out the objectives of this sec 24 tion, the Secretary may by regulations require employers to 25 obtain from any employee proof of age." 1 8 CHILD LABOR IN AGRICULTURE 2 SEC. 7. (a) Section 13 (c) (1) of the Fair Labor 3 Standards Act of 1938 is amended to read as follows: 4 "(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) the 5 provisions of section 12 (relating to child labor) shall not 6 apply to any employee employed in agriculture outside of 7 school hours for the school district where such employee is 8 living while he— "(A) is employed by his parent, or by a person standing in the place of his parent, on a farm owned or operated by such parent or person, "(B) is fourteen years of age or older, or "(C) is twelve years of age or older, and (i) such employment is with the written consent of his parent or person standing in place of his parent, or (ii) his parent or such person is employed on the same farm.". (b) Section 13 (d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(d) The provisions of sections 6, 7, and 12 shall not apply with respect to any employee engaged in the delivery of newspapers to the consumer, and the provisions of section 12 shall not apply with respect to any such employee when engaged in the delivery to households or consumers of shopping news (including shopping guides, handbills, or 9 1 other type of advertising material) published by any 2 weekly, semiweekly, or daily newspaper." 3 EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH; 4 5 6 SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGES FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER EIGHTEEN AND STUDENTS SEC. 8. Section 14 (b) of the Fair Labor Standards 7 Act of 1938 is amended to read as follows: 8 "(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to such stand9 ards and requirements as may be required by the Secretary 10 under paragraph (4), any employer may, in compliance 11 with applicable child labor laws, employ, at the special 12 minimum wage rate prescribed in paragraph (3), any em13 ployee 14 15 16 17 18 19 "(A) to whom the minimum wage rate required by section 6 would apply in such employment but for this subsection, and "(B) who is under the age of eighteen or is a fulltime student. "(2) No employer may employ, at the special minimum 20 wage rate authorized by this subsection- "(A) for a period in excess of one hundred and eighty days any employee who is under the age of eighteen and is not a full-time student; or "(B) for longer than twenty hours per week any employee who is a full-time student, except in any case 1 2 3 10 in which any such student is employed by the educational institution at which he is enrolled. "(3) The special minimum wage rate authorized by this 4 subsection is a wage rate which is not less than the higher of 5 (A) 85 per centum of the otherwise applicable minimum 6 wage rate prescribed by section 6, or (B) $1.30 an hour in 7 the case of employment in agriculture or $1.60 an hour in 8 the case of other employment, except that such special mini9 mum wage rate for employees in Puerto Rico, the Virgin 10 Islands, and American Samoa shall not be less than 85 per centum of the industry wage order rate otherwise applicable 12 to such employees, but in no case shall such special minimum 13 wage rate be less than that provided for under the most 14 recent wage order issued prior to the effective date of the 15 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1973. 16 "(4) The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe stand17 ards and requirements to insure that this subsection will not 18 create a substantial probability of reducing the full-time em19 ployment opportunities of persons other than those to whom 20 the minimum wage rate authorized by this subsection is 21 applicable. 22 “(5) For purposes of sections 16 (b) and 16(c) – 23 24 25 "(A) any employer who employs any employee under this subsection at a wage rate which is less than the minimum wage rate prescribed by paragraph (3) |