[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 29, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4931. 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:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:
       (a) Special Rule.--The regulations proposed by the 
     Secretary of Labor relating to exemptions regarding the rates 
     of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside 
     sales, and computer employees, and published in a notice in 
     the Federal Register on July 6, 2015, and any final 
     regulations issued related to such notice, shall have no 
     force or effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico until--
       (1) the Comptroller General of the United States completes 
     the assessment and transmits the report required under 
     subsection (b); and
       (2) the Secretary of Labor taking into account the 
     assessment and report of the Comptroller General, provides a 
     written determination to Congress that applying such rule to 
     Puerto Rico would not have a negative impact on the economy 
     of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Assessment and Report.--Not later than two years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
     shall examine the economic conditions in Puerto Rico and 
     shall transmit a report to Congress assessing the impact of 
     applying the regulations described in subsection (a) to 
     Puerto Rico, taking into consideration regional, 
     metropolitan, and non-metropolitan salary and cost-of-living 
     differences.
                                 ______