[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3979 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3979

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 2015

 Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Honda, Ms. Michelle 
Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. 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, 2016.
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