§2193 Application of Regulation to Puerto Rico

Summary

The Labor Department’s pay-rule for exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees, first published on July 6, 2015, must not apply in Puerto Rico until two things happen. The Comptroller General of the United States must finish the required study and send its report to Congress, and the Secretary of Labor must, after reviewing that report, give Congress a written decision saying the rule would not hurt Puerto Rico’s economy. The Comptroller General must complete the study and send the report not later than two years after June 30, 2016, and must look at regional, metropolitan, and non‑metropolitan salary and cost‑of‑living differences when assessing the impact. Congress also says the Bureau of the Census should study whether it can add Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories to the Current Population Survey, and should request funding for that study in its fiscal year 2018 budget if needed.