# 119-hr-1314: TIPS Act

119-hr-1314, TIPS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1314
- Congress: 119
- Title: TIPS Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 32
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

**Ending the separate tipped minimum wage.** This bill would require tipped employees to receive the regular wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act and would add a new federal deduction for reported cash tips. - Tipped workers would be paid the full FLSA minimum wage instead of a lower tipped rate. Tip pooling among employees who customarily and regularly receive tips would remain allowed. - Employers would face broader penalties when they unlawfully use or keep tips. Penalties would apply to all tips unlawfully used or kept rather than only the sum tied to tip credits plus unlawfully kept tips. - A new "cash tips" deduction would let workers deduct reported qualified tips, but it would be disallowed for taxpayers with adjusted gross income above $112,500 and would apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. Qualified tips would include those from non-owner customers in occupations like cosmetology, hospitality, food and beverage service, parking attendants, and custodial work.

## Cosponsors (32)

- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Full minimum wage and tip protections: benefit, high. If enacted, tipped workers would have to be paid the full federal minimum wage, not a lower tipped wage. You would keep all tips you receive. Employers could still pool tips among workers who usually get tips. If an employer took your tips, damages would equal the total tips taken. These changes wo…
- New tax deduction for cash tips: benefit, high. If enacted, you could deduct your reported cash tips from your taxable income. Only tips reported to your employer under section 6053(a) would count. Tips must be from customers, not owners, in jobs that commonly get tips (like food service, hospitality, cosmetology, parking, and custodial). You co…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1314 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1314)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1314 (as of 2026-10-15).