[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3100 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3100

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1998

   Mr. Bonior (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
  DeLauro, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
 Berman, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
   Mr. Conyers, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
Delahunt, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Evans, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Green, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of 
  Florida, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
 Texas, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
Klink, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, 
 Mr. Manton, Mr. Markey, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Matsui, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
McGovern, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Miller of California, Mrs. Mink of 
Hawaii, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
    Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rahall, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
 Sanders, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Stark, Mr. Torres, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, 
 Ms. Waters, Mr. Engel, Ms. Furse, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Eddie 
   Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Millender-
    McDonald, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Sabo, Mr. 
  Schumer, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
 Vento, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. Wynn) 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 1998''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    (a) Wage.--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; and
                    ``(D) $6.65 an hour, as adjusted in accordance with 
                subsection (h), beginning on September 1, 2001.''.
    (b) Adjustment.--Section 6 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 206) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) On September 1, 2001, and each September 1 thereafter, the 
Secretary shall adjust the amount prescribed in subsection (a)(1)(D) to 
reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
published by the Department of Labor during the most recent 12-month 
period for which data are available.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
take effect on September 1, 1998.
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