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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 85
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow the pooling
of tips among all employees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. B
IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow
the pooling of tips among all employees, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Flexi-4
bility Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. TIP POOLING. 6
Section 3(m)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 7
U.S.C. 203(m)(2)) is amended— 8
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘em-9
ployees who customarily and regularly receive tips’’ 10
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and inserting ‘‘pools of employees described in sub-1
paragraph (C)’’; and 2
(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(C) The pools of employees described in this sub-4
paragraph are as follows: 5
‘‘(i) Employees who customarily and regularly 6
receive tips. 7
‘‘(ii) Employees who— 8
‘‘(I) customarily and regularly receive tips 9
and receive a cash wage paid by the employer 10
that is not less than the wage in effect under 11
section 6(a)(1); and 12
‘‘(II) do not customarily and regularly re-13
ceive tips.’’. 14
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