838 29 USC* 2^^3
PUBLIC LAW 89-60 USEPT. 23, 1966
[80 STAT.
^^) Section 13(a) of such Act is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (11), (13), (14), (16), and (21) as paragraphs (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14), respectively, and (2) by striking out "; or" at the end of paragraph (14) (as so redesignated in this subsection) and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (c) Paragraph (7) of section 13(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "or order" and inserting in lieu thereof ", order, or certificate". TITLE III—INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE PRESENTLY COVERED EMPLOYEES
52 Stat. 1062; ^^29 USC^206.
SEC. 301. (a) Section 6(a) of such Act is amended by amending tl^^t portion of the section preceding paragraph (2) to read as follows: " (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his employees who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, wa^es at the following rates: "(1) not less than $1.40 an hour during the first year from the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966 and not less than $1.60 an hour thereafter, except as otherwise provided in this section;", (b) Such section is amended by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding the following new paragraph: " (4) if such employee is employed as a seaman on an American vessel, not less than the rate which will provide to the employee, for the period covered by the wage payment, wages equal to compensation at the hourly rate prescribed by paragraph (1) of this subsection for all hours during such period when he was actually on duty (including periods aboard ship when the employee was on watch or was, at the direction of a superior officer, performing work or standing by, but not including offduty periods which are provided pursuant to the employment agreement); or". AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES
SEC. 302. Section 6(a) of such Act is amended by adding after paragraph (4) (added by section 301(b) of this Act) the following new paragraph: "(5) if such employee is employed in agriculture, not less than $1 an hour during the first year from the effective date of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966, not less than $1.15 an hour during the second year from such date, and not less than $1.30 an hour thereafter." N E W L Y COVERED EMPLOYEES
SEC. 303. Section 6(b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (b) Every employer shall pay to each of his employees (other than an employee to whom subsection (a)(5) applies) who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, and who m such workweek is brought within the purview of this section by the amendments made to this Act by
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