PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 736, 737-OCT. 26, 1949 52 Stat. 1068 . 29U.S. . §215. Ante, p. 919. Restriction. Ante, p. 911. Ante, pp . 911, 919. 61 Stat. 84 . 29 U. S. C., Supp. II, §§ 251-262. Existing orders. 52 Stat. 1060. 29U.S.C.§201; Supp. II, § 216. 52 Stat. 1069. 29 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 216 (b). 52 Stat. 1060. 29U.S.C.§i201- 219; Supp. 11, § 216. Ante, pp. 914, 915. Repeal. Ante, p. 446. have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to restrain violations of section 15: Provided,That no court shall have jurisdiction, in any action brought by the Administrator to restrain such violations, to order the payment to employees of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensa- tion or an additional equal amount as liquidated damages in such action." M[ISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 16. (a) The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of ninety days from the date of its enactment; except that the amendment made by section 4 shall take effect on the date of its enactment. (b) Except as provided in section 3 (o) and in the last sentence of section 16 (c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, no amendment made by this Act shall be construed as amending, modi- fying, or repealing any provision of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947. (c) Any order, regulation, or interpretation of the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division or of the Secretary of Labor, and any agreement entered into by the Administrator or the Secretary, in effect under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, on the effective date of this Act, shall remain in effect as an order, regulation, interpretation, or agreement of the Administrator or the Secretary, as the case may be, pursuant to this Act, except to the extent that any such order, regulation, interpretation, or agreement may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, or may from time to time be amended, modified, or rescinded by the Administrator or the Secretary, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (d) No amendment made by this Act shall affect any penalty or liability with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of this Act; but, after the expiration of two years from such effective date, no action shall be instituted under section 16 (b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, with respect to any liability accruing thereunder for any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of this Act. (e) No employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (in any action or proceeding commenced prior to or on or after the effective date of this Act), on account of the failure of said employer to pay an employee compensation for any period of overtime work performed prior to July 20, 1949, if the compensation paid prior to July 20, 1949, for such work was at least equal to the compensation which would have been payable for such work had section 7 (d) (6) and (7) and section 7 (g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, been in effect at the time of such payment. (f) Public Law 177, Eighty-first Congress, approved July 20, 1949, is hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Act. Approved October 26, 1949. [CHAPTER 737] October 26,1949 JOINT RESOLUTION [H. J. Res. 340] To clarify the status of the Architect of the Capitol under the Federal Property IPublic Law 394] and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Architect of t he Capitol. "The Senateand the House of Representa- tives. " Ante, p. 377. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the term "the Senate and the House of Representatives", as used in the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, shall be construed to include the Architect of the Capitol and any activities under his direction, 920 [63 STAT.
�
