[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4637 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4637

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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 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.''.
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