S.Amdt. 4926

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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