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H.R. 2312

U.S. House•Introduced

Summary

H.R. 2312, the Tipped Employee Protection Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 24, 2025 by Rep. Steve Womack (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jan 13, 2026: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2312 is postponed.

Record

Text

H.R. 2312 has 6 co-sponsors, 1 roll call and 1 amendment.

hb2312/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2312 IH: Tipped Employee Protection Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-24
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2312  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 24, 2025   Mr. Womack  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term  tipped employee , and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Tipped Employee Protection Act  .
2.
Tipped employees
Section 3(t) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(t) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking  (t)  and inserting  (t)(1) ;
(2)
by striking  engaged in an occupation in which he customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips.  and inserting  , without regard to the duties of the employee, who receives tips and other cash wages for a period described in paragraph (2) at a rate that when combined with the cash wage required under subsection (m)(2)(A)(i) is greater than or equal to the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1). ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(2)
The period described in this paragraph may be (as determined by the employer) a period of 1 day, 1 week, every other week, every pay period, or 1 month.
 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-03-24
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Reported to House Dec 30, 2025

hb2312/reported-to-house.md

Shown Here:
Reported to House (12/30/2025)

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.

The bill broadens the definition of tipped employee to include any worker who receives tips and other cash wages for a work period at a rate that is at least the federal minimum wage, without regard to the duties of the employee. Under the bill, the work period is a work period that is determined by the employer.

Sponsors

Rep. Steve Womack (R) sponsors H.R. 2312, and 6 members have co-sponsored it.

Committees

H.R. 2312 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Reported By · Dec 30, 2025 · 824 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 2312, the latest H. Rept. 119-420.

Actions

H.R. 2312 has taken 17 actions since Mar 24, 2025, the latest on Jan 13, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jan 13, 202614:55
House
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 988. (consideration: CR H685-691; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H685)
Jan 13, 202614:55
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.
Jan 13, 202614:56
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2312.
Jan 13, 202615:32
House
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Jan 13, 202615:33
House
Ms. Budzinski moved to recommit to the Committee on Education and Workforce. (text: CR H690-691)Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 2312 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Jan 13, 2026 at 209–215.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Jan 13, 2026
House
On Motion to Recommit
209
215

Amendments

1 amendment has been offered to H.R. 2312, the latest acted on Jan 13, 2026.

1 bill is related to H.R. 2312.

HRES 988Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.Jan 13, 2026 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related bill

Titles

H.R. 2312 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Tipped Employee Protection Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Tipped Employee Protection Act — Display Title
  • Tipped Employee Protection Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term "tipped employee", and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 6 firms and 33 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2312 in 16 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trade (domestic/foreign), Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Health Issues, Education.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
AFL-CIO—District of Columbia13—
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION—District of Columbia13—
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)—Virginia12—
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (CLASP)—District of Columbia11—
UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION16—
AFL-CIO13—
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION13—
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)12—
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (CLASP)11—
UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 33.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
AARON FRAZIER116
BRENNAN DUCKETT116
DANIEL ROEHL116
JORDAN HEILICZER116
LAURA ABSHIRE116
MATT WALKER116
SEAN KENNEDY116
ASHLEY WILSON113
ASHTON WIGGINS113
CAROLINE REPPERT113
DAVID FRENCH113
DYLAN JEON113
EDWIN EGEE113
GREG JEFFERSON113
GUERINO CALEMINE113
JASON STRACZEWSKI113
JOHNIE ENDER PALMER113
JONATHAN GOLD113
LEE GOLDBERG113
LETICIA DELGADO113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATIONNATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION2026 second_quarter$2.2M2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATIONNATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION2026 first_quarter$1.9M1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATIONNATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION2025 fourth_quarter$1.6M4th Quarter - Report
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2026 first_quarter$880K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$880K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$870K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$830K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$810K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$790K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$790K2nd Quarter - Report
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2026 second_quarter$760K2nd Quarter - Report
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2025 fourth_quarter$760K4th Quarter - Report
UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERSUNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS2026 first_quarter$220K1st Quarter - Report
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)2026 second_quarter$45K2nd Quarter - Report
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)2026 first_quarter$35K1st Quarter - Report
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (CLASP)CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (CLASP)2025 fourth_quarter—4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2312 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2312’s is Labor and Employment.

hr2312/policy-areas.txt
Labor and EmploymentAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 2312 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Labor standards to Wages and earnings.

hr2312/subjects.txt
Labor standardsWages and earnings

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2312, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 53 (Monday, March 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WOMACK:H.R. 2312.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among States, and with the IndianTribes.[Page H1219]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com