119-hr2312

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2312 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2312

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition 
 of the term ``tipped employee'', and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 24, 2025

 Mr. Womack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition 
 of the term ``tipped employee'', and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Tipped Employee Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. TIPPED EMPLOYEES.

 

Section 3

    (t) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203

    (t) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``

    (t) '' and inserting ``

    (t)

    (1) '';

    (2) by striking ``engaged in an occupation in which he 
 customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in 
 tips.'' and inserting ``, without regard to the duties of the 
 employee, who receives tips and other cash wages for a period 
 described in paragraph

    (2) at a rate that when combined with 
 the cash wage required under subsection
            (m) (2)
        (A)
            (i) is greater 
 than or equal to the wage in effect under 

section 6

    (a)

    (1) .''; 
 and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (2) The period described in this paragraph may be (as determined 
by the employer) a period of 1 day, 1 week, every other week, every pay 
period, or 1 month.''.
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