; and (II) if the Secretary issues such a rule, whether the Secretary will deviate from such recommendation through such rule. (ii) Explanatory statement If the Secretary decides not to issue a rule under subparagraph (A) regarding a recommendation under paragraph (1) or decides to deviate from such recommendation in such a rule, the Secretary shall have 90 days after receiving such recommendation to issue a statement explaining the decision. (C) Minimum wage rates (i) Limitation No standard included in a rule issued under subparagraph (A) may be for a minimum wage rate that is less than any minimum wage rate in effect for domestic workers under State or local law or the wage rate in effect under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) ). (ii) Inflation (I) Annual increase Any standard for a minimum wage rate included in a rule issued under subparagraph (A) shall be increased annually based on the annual change in the median hourly wage of all employees as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and may not be decreased. (II) Interaction with Board recommendations If the Board does not include, in the recommendations submitted under paragraph (1), a recommended standard to raise the minimum wage rate for domestic workers, or the Board in the recommendations includes such a recommended standard but the Secretary decides not to issue a rule based on the recommended standard, the Secretary shall, through a rule issued not later than 1 year after the issuance of the Board's recommendations under paragraph (1), provide that the minimum wage rate shall be increased annually based on the annual change in the median hourly wage of all employees as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with subclause (I). (D) Workplace standards No standard included in a rule issued under subparagraph (A) may be for a workplace standard that is less protective of domestic workers than any law in effect on the date of enactment of this Act for domestic workers under any State