HR 3715 116th Congress House

Protecting Employees Tips Act

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from keeping employees' tips to cover the cost of financial transaction fees.

Introduced: July 11, 2019 Introduced by: Garcia, Sylvia R. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment Labor standardsWages and earnings

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Introduced in House

Jul 11, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Employees Tips Act

This bill prohibits an employer from keeping any portion of the tips paid to its employees to cover credit or debit card transaction fees charged by a card issuer.

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Education and Workforce Committee
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3715: Protecting Employees Tips Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3715/

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"H.R. 3715: Protecting Employees Tips Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3715/.

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H.R. 3715, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3715/.

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