,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjai,ms4 
,garcia of ,texas introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,fair ,labor   
,standards ,act of #aich to prohibit    
employers from keeping employees' tips  
to cover the cost of financial          
transaction fees4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting ,employees ,tips ,act4  #b4 
,prohibition on keeping tips to cover   
financial transaction fees ,section     
#c7m77#b77;,b7 of the ,fair ,labor      
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjc7m77#b77;,b77 is amended by         
inserting 1 or keeping any portion of   
employees' tips to cover the cost of any
 fee established1 charged1 or received  
by a payment card network for the       
purpose of compensating an issuer for   
its involvement in a transaction in     
which a person uses a debit card or     

credit card 7as the terms debit card1   
credit card1 issuer1 and payment card   
network are defined in section #iba7;c7 
of the ,electronic ,fund ,transfer ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #afico-#b7;c777 after    
employees' tips4