3.0.0 1612 2025-12-05T08:56:44Z 2025-12-05T08:56:44Z House H HR 2023-03-14 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1612 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WOMACK:H.R. 1612.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 Clause 3:The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among States, and with the IndianTribes.The single subject of this legislation is:To clarify the definition of the term ``tipped employee''.[Page H1288]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-03-14T20:03:40Z 118 781 S 2023-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2023-03-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000809 Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] Steve Womack R AR 3 N S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] PETE SESSIONS R TX 17 2023-03-14 True W000821 Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] Bruce Westerman R AR 4 2023-06-14 False Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 2023-04-02T01:30:19Z

00 2023-03-14 Introduced in House 2023-10-17T21:16:40Z <p><b>Tipped Employee Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies the definition of a <i>tipped employee</i> under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude consideration of an employee's duties when determining the combined amount of tips and direct wages an employee receives for the purpose of an employer meeting the minimum wage requirements.</p> <p>Under the bill, an employer may pay a tipped employee the tipped minimum wage for tasks that are not related to tipped work as long as the employee's combined tips and direct wages total at least the $7.25 federal minimum wage.</p> <p>Current Department of Labor rules prohibit an employer from paying the tipped minimum wage for tasks that are not related to tipped work.</p>

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