---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 783.28"
title: "29"
number: "783.28"
heading: "General legislative history."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/783.28"
---

# §783.28. General legislative history.


As originally enacted in 1938, section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act exempted from both the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements “any employee employed as a seaman” (52 Stat. 1050). In 1949 when several amendments were made to the Act (63 Stat. 910), this exemption was not changed except that it was renumbered [section 13(a)(14)](/cfr/29/13.md?p=a-14). In the 1961 amendments (75 Stat. 65), a like exemption was retained but it was limited to one employed as a seaman on a vessel other than an American vessel ([section 13(a)(14)](/cfr/29/13.md?p=a-14)); an overtime exemption was provided for all employees employed as seamen ([section 13(b)(6)](/cfr/29/13.md?p=b-6)), and those employed as seamen on an American vessel were brought within the minimum wage provisions ([sec. 6(b)(2)](/cfr/29/6.md?p=b-2)).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219.

### Source

Source: 27 FR 8309, Aug. 21, 1962, unless otherwise noted.