S.Amdt. 4915

SA 4915. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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 section 403 and insert the following:

SEC. 403. FIRST MINIMUM WAGE IN PUERTO RICO.

Section 6(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. 206(g)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) 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)).''.
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