S.Amdt. 4930

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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