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HR 5180 115th Congress House

Tip Income Protection (TIP) Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide protections for employees receiving tips, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 13, 2018 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Food industry and servicesLabor standardsWages and earnings
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Mar 6, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 6, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tip Income Protection (TIP) Act of 2018

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to the definition of wage to provide that except in the case of the pooling of tips, all tips received by any employee, including an employee that is not a tipped employee, shall be the property of, and retained by, the employee, including in the case of an employer that pays a tipped employee a cash wage that equals or exceeds the minimum wage.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 10
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Apr 17, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 9, 2018
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 26, 2018
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Mar 26, 2018
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 20, 2018
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 20, 2018
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 14, 2018
Kihuen, Ruben
· Mar 14, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 13, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 6, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5180: Tip Income Protection (TIP) Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5180/
MLA
"H.R. 5180: Tip Income Protection (TIP) Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5180/.
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H.R. 5180, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5180/.
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