HR7577-119

In Committee

TIP Improvement Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 13, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, TIP Improvement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Healthcare, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H5ADD548483654AF49D17C850D0E2E987: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tipped Income Protection and Improvement Act of 2026 or TIP Improvement Act of 2026.
  • Section H26A38F738DAC495DBA1FA32BF51E9CE2: 2. Minimum wage for tipped employees Paragraph (2)(A) of section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)) is amended to read as...
  • Section H2CF5C80447B44A6E8AF6CD5ECE937AB7: 3. Qualified tip deduction made permanent and expanded Section 224(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting (twice such amount in the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, TIP Improvement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Healthcare, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, TIP Improvement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Healthcare Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 13, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in …

Feb 13, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 13, 2026

Mr. Horsford introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Healthcare Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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