the service was rendered toward the completion of, 
a case under this chapter; 
(4) whether the services were performed within 
a reasonable amount of time commensurate with the 
complexity, importance, and nature of the problem, 
issue, or task addressed; 
(5) with respect to a professional person, 
whether the person is board certified or otherwise 
has demonstrated skill and experience in the restruc-
turing field; and 
(6) whether the compensation is reasonable 
based on the customary compensation charged by 
comparably skilled practitioners in cases other than 
cases under this title or title 11, United States 
Code. 
(d) The court shall not allow compensation for— 
(1) unnecessary duplication of services; or 
(2) services that were not— 
(A) reasonably likely to benefit the debtor; 
or 
(B) necessary to the administration of the 
case. 
(e) The court shall reduce the amount of compensa-
tion awarded under this section by the amount of any in-
terim compensation awarded under section 317, and, if the 
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amount of such interim compensation exceeds the amount 
of compensation awarded under this section, may order 
the return of the excess to the debtor. 
(f) Any compensation awarded for the preparation of 
a fee application shall be based on the level and skill rea-
sonably required to prepare the application. 
SEC. 317. INTERIM COMPENSATION. 
A debtor’s attorney, or any professional person em-
ployed by the debtor (in the debtor’s sole discretion), the 
Oversight Board (in the Oversight Board’s sole discre-
tion), a committee under section 1103 of title 11, United 
States Code, or a trustee appointed by the court under 
section 926 of title 11, United States Code, may apply 
to the court not more than once every 120 days after an 
order for relief in a case under this chapter, or more often 
if the court permits, for such compensation for services 
rendered before the date of such an application or reim-
bursement for expenses incurred before such date as is 
provided under section 316. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act is intended, or may be con-
strued— 
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(1) to limit the authority of Congress to exer-
cise legislative authority over the territories pursu-
ant to Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of 
the United States; 
(2) to authorize the application of section 
104(e) of this Act (relating to issuance of sub-
poenas) to judicial officers or employees of territory 
courts; 
(3) to alter, amend, or abrogate any provision 
of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union 
With the United States of America (48 U.S.C. 1801 
et seq.); or 
(4) to alter, amend, or abrogate the treaties of 
cession regarding certain islands of American Samoa 
(48 U.S.C. 1661). 
SEC. 402. RIGHT OF PUERTO RICO TO DETERMINE ITS FU-
TURE POLITICAL STATUS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to restrict 
Puerto Rico’s right to determine its future political status, 
including by conducting the plebiscite as authorized by 
Public Law 113–76. 
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SEC. 403. FIRST MINIMUM WAGE IN PUERTO RICO. 
Section 6(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)) is amended by striking para-
graphs (2) through (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) In lieu of the rate prescribed by subsection 
(a)(1), the Governor of Puerto Rico, subject to the 
approval of the Financial Oversight and Manage-
ment Board established pursuant to section 101 of 
the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Eco-
nomic Stability Act, may designate a time period not 
to exceed four years during which employers in 
Puerto Rico may pay employees who are initially em-
ployed after the date of enactment of such Act a 
wage which is not less than the wage described in 
paragraph (1). Notwithstanding the time period des-
ignated, such wage shall not continue in effect after 
such Board terminates in accordance with section 
209 of such Act. 
‘‘(3) No employer may take any action to dis-
place employees (including partial displacements 
such as reduction in hours, wages, or employment 
benefits) for purposes of hiring individuals at the 
wage authorized in paragraph (1) or (2). 
‘‘(4) Any employer who violates this subsection 
shall be considered to have violated section 15(a)(3). 
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‘‘(5) This subsection shall only apply to an em-
ployee who has not attained the age of 20 years, ex-
cept in the case of the wage applicable in Puerto 
Rico, 25 years, until such time as the Board de-
scribed in paragraph (2) terminates in accordance 
with section 209 of the Act described in such para-
graph.’’. 
SEC. 404. APPLICATION OF REGULATION TO PUERTO RICO. 
(a) SPECIAL RULE.—The regulations proposed by the 
Secretary of Labor relating to exemptions regarding the 
rates of pay for executive, administrative, professional, 
outside sales, and computer employees, and published in 
a notice in the Federal Register on July 6, 2015, and any 
final regulations issued related to such notice, shall have 
no force or effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
until— 
(1) the Comptroller General of the United 
States completes the assessment and transmits the 
report required under subsection (b); and 
(2) the Secretary of Labor, taking into account 
the assessment and report of the Comptroller Gen-
eral, provides a written determination to Congress 
that applying such rule to Puerto Rico would not 
have a negative impact on the economy of Puerto 
Rico. 
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