[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 768 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 768

              To create a liveable wage by the year 2000.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 1995

 Mr. Clyburn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
          Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
              To create a liveable wage by the year 2000.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Liveable Wage Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    Paragraph (1) of section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, $4.60 
        during the period beginning January 1, 1996, $4.85 during the 
        period beginning January 1, 1997, $5.00 during the period 
        beginning January 1, 1998, $5.15 during the period beginning 
        January 1, 1999, and $5.30 during the period beginning January 
        1, 2000;''.
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