Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-4637
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-26
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Caribbean area

Labor standards

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize the government of Puerto Rico to enact law nullifying the application of the federal minimum wage in effect as it pertains to Puerto Rico.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4637 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2016 Mr. Sanford (for himself and Mr. McClintock ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit the Government of Puerto Rico to opt out of the applicable Federal minimum wage under such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act . 2. Opt out of minimum wage by the Government of Puerto Rico Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) The Government of Puerto Rico may, by duly enacted law, nullify the applicability of the wage in effect under subsection (a) as it pertains to Puerto Rico. The Government of Puerto Rico shall certify the enactment of any such law to the Secretary, at which point such wage shall no longer apply to Puerto Rico. .