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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2312 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the term ‘‘tipped employee’’, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH24, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. W |
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| 10 | 10 | | OMACKintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise |
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| 14 | 14 | | the definition of the term ‘‘tipped employee’’, and for |
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| 15 | 15 | | other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tipped Employee Pro-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tection Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. TIPPED EMPLOYEES. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 3(t) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (29 U.S.C. 203(t)) is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) by striking ‘‘(t)’’ and inserting ‘‘(t)(1)’’; 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) by striking ‘‘engaged in an occupation in 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | which he customarily and regularly receives more 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | than $30 a month in tips.’’ and inserting ‘‘, without 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | regard to the duties of the employee, who receives 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tips and other cash wages for a period described in 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | paragraph (2) at a rate that when combined with 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the cash wage required under subsection 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (m)(2)(A)(i) is greater than or equal to the wage in 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | effect under section 6(a)(1).’’; and 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(2) The period described in this paragraph may be 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (as determined by the employer) a period of 1 day, 1 week, 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | every other week, every pay period, or 1 month.’’. 13 |
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