H.R. 2: Motion to Recommit With Instructions

The first motion to recommit with instructions begins on page H298 of the Record and ends on H305.

It was tabled by a vote of 232-197.

The second motion to recommit, as printed on page H306 of the Record:

Mr. McKeon moves to recommit the bill (H.R. 2) to the Committee on Education and Labor with instructions to report the bill back to the House forthwith with the following amendment:

In section 2, redesignate subsection (b) as subsection (c) and insert after subsection (a) the following:

(b) MINIMUM WAGE FOR EMPLOYERS PROVIDING EMPLOYEES CERTAIN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.—Section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is further amended in subsection (a), by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively and inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(2) if an employer provides health care benefits to an employee through an employee welfare benefit plan (as defined under section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 USC 1002(3)), the applicable minimum wage rate paid by such employer to such employee shall be $5.15 an hour;’’.

This motion Failed 144-287, with 4 not voting