Bills · 119th Congress · Labor and Employment

Tipped Employee Protection Act

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HouseOn Motion to Recommit · 1/13/26Motion to recommitA motion, made just before the final vote, to send the bill back to committee instead. Priority goes to a member who opposes the bill. If it passes, the bill leaves the floor; if it fails, the House moves on to the passage vote.Rules of the House, Rule XIX, clause 2 ↗
Failed · Yea 209 · Nay 215Official source ↗
Official summary (CRS)

Tipped Employee Protection Act

This bill modifies the definition of a tipped employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to exclude consideration of an employee's duties when determining if the employee is a tipped employee.

Under current law, tipped employees may be paid less than the federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 an hour), but the total of their cash wage and tips must be at least equal to the federal minimum wage. Under the FLSA, a tipped employee is currently a worker who customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips.

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Sponsor
Rep. Steve Womack ( Republican · AR-3)
Cosponsors
6
Introduced
3/24/25
Policy area
Labor and Employment
Status
3/24/25Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
3/24/25Introduced in House
11/20/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15.
11/20/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
12/30/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 366.
12/30/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-420.
1/12/26Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 988 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
1/13/26POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2312 is postponed.
1/13/26On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 21).
1/13/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H694)
1/13/26POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2312, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Budzinski demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
1/13/26The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
1/13/26Ms. Budzinski moved to recommit to the Committee on Education and Workforce. (text: CR H690-691)
1/13/26The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
1/13/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2312.
1/13/26Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
1/13/26Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 988. (consideration: CR H685-691; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H685)