3.0.0 4637 2023-01-11T13:15:34Z 2023-01-11T13:15:34Z House H HR 2007-12-13 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-12-13T15:14:05Z 2007-12-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-12-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000553 Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] Al Green D TX 9 N Labor and Employment Earnings Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Minimum wages Poverty Social Welfare State laws Labor and Employment 00 2007-12-13 Introduced in House 2008-03-14T20:58:47Z Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2007- Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 5% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a family of three; (2) it should be set at a level high enough to allow two full-time minimum wage workers to earn an income above the national housing wage; and (3) Congress or any of the several states may establish a higher minimum wage requirement than that established in this Act.

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to at least the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor according to the formula prescribed by this Act beginning September 1, 2008.

Requires the Secretary to determine such minimum wage rate by June 1, 2008, and once every four years thereafter. Prohibits any adjustment if the determination results in a minimum wage lower than the current one.

Requires the minimum wage so determined to be the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for it 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 5% percent higher than the federal poverty threshold for a three-person household, with one person a child under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states, as published for each such year by the Census Bureau.

]]> Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2007 Display Title Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 3, as determined by the Census Bureau. Introduced in House 2007-12-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4637ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4637ih.xml 2007-12-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.