Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act”.
Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit the Government of Puerto Rico to opt out of the applicable Federal minimum wage under such Act.
Sec. 2 Opt out of minimum wage by the Government of Puerto Rico
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) The Government of Puerto Rico may, by duly enacted law, nullify the applicability of the wage in effect under subsection (a) as it pertains to Puerto Rico. The Government of Puerto Rico shall certify the enactment of any such law to the Secretary, at which point such wage shall no longer apply to Puerto Rico.”