House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-151
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the overtime exemption for employees engaged in fire protection activities.
Became law on Dec 9, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Ehrlich R-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 1999
- Committee actionNov 3, 1999
- Passed HouseNov 4, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 30, 1999
- Became lawDec 9, 1999
Latest action: Dec 9, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-151.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1693.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1693, A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938 to clarify the overtime exemption for employees engaged in fire protection activities” on November 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on November 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11955
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1693, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1693
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
21 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 21 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), David Bonior (D-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Tom Latham (R-IA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Ron Paul (R-TX), Max Sandlin (D-TX), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Curt Weldon (R-PA), Robert Wexler (D-FL), David Wu (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.