§ 251. Congressional findings and declaration of policy

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(a)The Congress further finds that all of the foregoing constitutes a substantial burden on commerce and a substantial obstruction to the free flow of goods in commerce.

The Congress, therefore, further finds and declares that it is in the national public interest and for the general welfare, essential to national defense, and necessary to aid, protect, and foster commerce, that this chapter be enacted.

The Congress further finds that the varying and extended periods of time for which, under the laws of the several States, potential retroactive liability may be imposed upon employers, have given and will give rise to great difficulties in the sound and orderly conduct of business and industry.

The Congress further finds and declares that all of the results which have arisen or may arise under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, as aforesaid, may (except as to liability for liquidated damages) arise with respect to the Walsh-Healey and Bacon-Davis Acts 1 and that it is, therefore, in the national public interest and for the general welfare, essential to national defense, and necessary to aid, protect, and foster commerce, that this chapter shall apply to the Walsh-Healey Act and the Bacon-Davis Act.1

(b)It is declared to be the policy of the Congress in order to meet the existing emergency and to correct existing evils

(1)to relieve and protect interstate commerce from practices which burden and obstruct it;

(2)to protect the right of collective bargaining; and

(3)to define and limit the jurisdiction of the courts.

(May 14, 1947, ch. 52, § 1, 61 Stat. 84.)

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