S.Amdt. 4918

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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