WAVES Act

Bill: 116-hr-5052
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Labor standards

Student aid and college costs

Temporary and part-time employment

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-06
text: Committee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Wage Adjustment for Veterans Enrolled in School Act or the WAVES Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to adjust the work-study allowance under its educational assistance programs to the higher of the hourly national minimum wage, the hourly minimum wage of the state, or the hourly minimum wage of the local government where the services are to be performed.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5052 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 12, 2019 Mr. Luján (for himself, Mr. Gomez , Mr. Young , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Lipinski , Ms. Norton , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Ms. Schakowsky ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to include local government minimum wage requirements in determining the hourly minimum wage applicable for purposes of the work-study allowance under the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wage Adjustment for Veterans Enrolled in School Act or the WAVES Act . 2. Amount of work-study allowance under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 3485(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (6) For the purposes of this subsection and subsection (e), the term applicable hourly minimum wages means the higher of the following wages: (A) The hourly minimum wage under section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(a) ). (B) The hourly minimum wage under comparable law of the State in which the services are to be performed. (C) The hourly minimum wage under comparable law of the local government with jurisdiction over the area in which the services are to be performed. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a payment of work-study allowance made on or after January 1, 2021.