Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protect Local Farms Act”.
Protect Local Farms Act
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees.
Sec. 2 Preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees
Section 18 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 218) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “No provision of this Act or of any order thereunder” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (c), no provision of this Act or of any order thereunder”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(c) The provisions of this Act shall preempt any State law that provides for a maximum workweek for employees employed in agriculture of less than 60 hours.”