[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2211 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2211

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal 
                             minimum wage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1997

   Mr. Bonior (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
  Hinchey, Mr. Becerra, and Mr. Olver) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal 
                             minimum wage.

    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 ``American Family Fair Minimum Wage 
Act of 1997''.

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)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not 
        less than--
                    ``(A) $5.65 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 1998;
                    ``(B) $6.15 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 1999;
                    ``(C) $6.65 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 2000;
                    ``(D) $6.95 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 2001; and
                    ``(E) $7.25 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 2002.''.
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