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HR 1921 106th Congress House Labor and Employment Agriculture and Food Barber and beauty shops Commerce Federal preemption Food service employees Gifts Government Operations and Politics Hotels, motels, etc. Income tax Local laws Minimum wages Newspapers Personal income tax Recreation Social Welfare Social security taxes Sports and Recreation State laws Tax exclusion

Tip Credit Protection Act of 1999

Introduced: May 25, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Jul 2, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
May 25, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 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.
May 25, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Tip Credit Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide that the provisions of such Act relating to accounting of tips in determining tipped employees' wages shall preempt any State or local law or ordinance precluding a tip credit or requiring a tip credit less than provided for by such Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as gift transfers and exclude from gross income and social security and unemployment taxes up to $10,000 annually in tips from qualified services (cosmetology, hospitality, recreation, taxi, newspaper delivery, and shoe shine services).

What's happening now July 2, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 8, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1921: Tip Credit Protection Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1921/
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"H.R. 1921: Tip Credit Protection Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1921/.
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H.R. 1921, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1921/.
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