House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Tipped Employee Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term "tipped employee", and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Womack R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2025
- Committee actionNov 20, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2312.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2312, Tipped Employee Protection Act” on September 23, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on December 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62788
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2312, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-420 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 30, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 30, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/420
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2312, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 53, March 24, 2025, Page H1219):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2312, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2312, oldest first. None of them was a final passage vote.
Roll-call votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommitHouse · Jan 13, 2026 · roll 21R 0–215 D 209–0209–215Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 9170 (119th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.Con.Res. 12 (119th) Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- H.R. 3028 (119th) Duty Drawback Clarification Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.