[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4677]
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SA 4918. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2328, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea
Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
Between sections 403 and 404, insert the following:
SEC. 403A. EXEMPTING PUERTO RICO FROM THE FEDERAL MINIMUM
WAGE.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 6(a)(2) (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(2)), by striking
``Puerto Rico or'' each place it appears; and
(2) in section 13 (29 U.S.C. 213)--
(A) in subsection (f), by inserting ``(except as provided
under subsection (k))'' after ``Puerto Rico''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(k) The provisions of section 6 shall not apply with
respect to any employee whose services during the workweek
are performed in a workplace within Puerto Rico.''.
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