TIPS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1314 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1314 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to eliminate the separate minimum wage for tipped employees, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2025 Mr. Horsford (for himself, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Titus, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Ramirez, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to eliminate the separate minimum wage for tipped employees, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Tipped Income Protection and Support Act'' or ``TIPS Act''. SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SEPARATE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES. (a) Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees.--Section 3(m)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows: ``(A) The wage required to be paid to a tipped employee shall be the wage set forth in section 6(a)(1). All tips received by such employee shall be retained by the employee, except that this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the pooling of tips among employees who customarily and regularly receive tips.''. (b) Penalties.--Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216),