Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 254 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 254 : US Code - Notes

(May 14, 1947, ch. 52, Sec. 4, 61 Stat. 86; Pub. L. 104-188, [title
II], Sec. 2102, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1928.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, referred to in
subsecs. (a) and (d), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060,
as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 201 et
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see section 201 of this title and Tables.
The Walsh-Healey and Bacon-Davis Acts, referred to in subsecs.
(a) and (d), are defined for purposes of this chapter in section
262 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-188 in closing provisions
inserted at end "For purposes of this subsection, the use of an
employer's vehicle for travel by an employee and activities
performed by an employee which are incidental to the use of such
vehicle for commuting shall not be considered part of the
employee's principal activities if the use of such vehicle for
travel is within the normal commuting area for the employer's
business or establishment and the use of the employer's vehicle is
subject to an agreement on the part of the employer and the
employee or representative of such employee."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Section 2103 of Pub. L. 104-188 provided that: "The amendment
made by section 2101 [probably means section 2102 of Pub. L. 104-
188, amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act [Aug. 20, 1996] and shall apply in
determining the application of section 4 of the Portal-to-Portal
Act of 1947 [this section] to an employee in any civil action
brought before such date of enactment but pending on such date."
(!1) See References in Text note below.