[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4678]
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  SA 4926. Mr. McCONNELL 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:

       In lieu of the matter proposed, insert the following:

     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 ``PuertoRico''; 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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