Date: February 10, 2015

To amend Act 209? 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of adding new Articles, 13, 14 and 15, amending current Articles 4 and 6, renumbering Articles 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 as Articles 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, so as to ensure the proper management of statistics in the Government of Puerto Rico and promote their dissemination; recognize additional powers to the Institute of Statistics and establish new obligations for government bodies; and for other related purposes.

To establish the new “Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act”, in order to allow the state minimum wage in Puerto Rico to prevail over the federal minimum wage the higher it is; create the Minimum Wage Evaluation Board attached to the Department of Labor and Human Resources, to establish its powers and composition; to provide protection for workers in local companies not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; to establish everything related to vacation and sick leave ; empower the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to implement this Act; repeal Act 180-1998, as amended; and for other related purposes.

Date: April 14, 2014

To order the Integrated Development Commissions of the Eastern Region; and the Labor Affairs and Public Service Retirement Systems Committees of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to carry out comprehensive research on the unemployment rate, its causes, and possible sources of employment for the municipalities of Yabucoa, Maunabo, Patillas and San Lorenzo.