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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act · Sec. 404

Sec. 404. APPLICATION OF REGULATION TO PUERTO RICO

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## SEC. 404 APPLICATION OF REGULATION TO PUERTO RICO **[**[48 U.S.C. 2193](/us/usc/t48/s2193)**]** ###
(a)Special Rule The regulations proposed by the Secretary of Labor relating to exemptions regarding the rates of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees, and published in a notice in the Federal Register on July 6, 2015, and any final regulations issued related to such notice, shall have no force or effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico until— ####
(1)the Comptroller General of the United States completes the assessment and transmits the report required under subsection (b); and ####
(2)the Secretary of Labor, taking into account the assessment and report of the Comptroller General, provides a written determination to Congress that applying such rule to Puerto Rico would not have a negative impact on the economy of Puerto Rico. ###
(b)Assessment and Report Not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall examine the economic conditions in Puerto Rico and shall transmit a report to Congress assessing the impact of applying the regulations described in subsection
(a)to Puerto Rico, taking into consideration regional, metropolitan, and non-metropolitan salary and cost-of-living differences. ###
(c)Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)the Bureau of the Census should conduct a study to determine the feasibility of expanding data collection to include Puerto Rico and the other United States territories in the Current Population Survey, which is jointly administered by the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and which is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States; and ####
(2)if necessary, the Bureau of the Census should request the funding required to conduct this feasibility study as part of its budget submission to Congress for fiscal year 2018.
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APPLICATION OF REGULATION TO PUERTO RICO
U.S.C.§ 2193
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