,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cff #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bcab
 ,report ,no4 #aai-dbj ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march  
#bd1 #bjbe,mr4 ,womack introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and        
,workforce  ,december #cj1              
#bjbe;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4        
,baumgartner1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4      
,westerman1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,ms4        
,letlow1 and ,mr4 ,messmer  ,december   
#cj1 #bjbe,reported with an amendment1  
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,march #bd1 #bjbe 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,fair ,labor   
,standards ,act of #aich to revise the  
definition of the term tipped employee1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    

,tipped ,employee ,protection ,act4  #b4
 ,tipped employees ,section #c7t7 of the
 ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich  
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjc7t77 is amended--    
7#a7 by striking 7t7 and inserting      
7t77#a72  7#b7 by striking engaged in an
 occupation in which he customarily and 
regularly receives more than #cj a month
 in tips4 and inserting 1 without regard
 to the duties of the employee1 who     
receives tips and other cash wages for a
 work period described in paragraph 7#b7
 at a rate that1 when combined with the 
cash wage required under subsection     
7m77#b77;,a77i71 is not less than the   
wage in effect under section            
#f7;a77#a742 and  7#c7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7#b7 ,a work period 
described in this paragraph is a work   
period that is determined by the        
employer of the employee1 such as a work
 period of #a day1 #a week1 every #b    
weeks1 every #bh days1 or every pay     
period4  4  ,december #cj1              
#bjbe,reported with an amendment1       

committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed