[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 29, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4732]
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  SA 4930. 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:
       (g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     206(g)) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) through (4) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(2) In lieu of the rate prescribed by subsection (a)(1), 
     the Governor of Puerto Rico, subject to the approval of the 
     Financial Oversight and Management Board established pursuant 
     to section 101 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and 
     Economic Stability Act, may designate a time period not to 
     exceed four years during which employers in Puerto Rico may 
     pay employees who are initially employed after the date of 
     enactment of such Act a wage which is not less than the wage 
     described in paragraph (1). Notwithstanding the time period 
     designated, such wage shall not continue in effect after such 
     Board terminates in accordance with section 209 of such Act.
       ``(3) No employer may take any action to displace employees 
     (including partial displacements such as reduction in hours, 
     wages, or employment benefits) for purposes of hiring 
     individuals at the wage authorized in paragraph (1) or (2).
       ``(4) Any employer who violates this subsection shall be 
     considered to have violated section 15(a)(3) (29 U.S.C. 
     215(a)(3)).
       ``(5) This subsection shall only apply to an employee who 
     has not attained the age of 20 years, except in the case of 
     the wage applicable in Puerto Rico, 25 years, until such time 
     as the Board described in paragraph (2) terminates in 
     accordance with section 209 of the Act described in such 
     paragraph.''.
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