29 U.S.C. § 255
Statute of limitations
United States · Title 29 — LABOR · Status: effective
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- 29 U.S.C. § 255, Statute of limitations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465825
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Any action commenced on or after May 14, 1947, to enforce any cause of action for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], the Walsh-Healey Act, or the Bacon-Davis Act 11 See References in Text note below. —
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally