[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3510 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3510

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 1998

 Mr. Bonior (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Fazio of California, Mrs. 
    Kennelly of Connecticut, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
 Menendez, Mr. Frost, Mr. Clay, Mr. Owens, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Clayton, 
 Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
 Blagojevich, Mr. Borski, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
 Mr. Cardin, Ms. Carson, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Coyne, 
  Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
Dicks, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Engel, Mr. Evans, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
 Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Green, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
 Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. 
Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Jackson, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy 
    of Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
  Kilpatrick, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Klink, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
 Lampson, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Levin, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Manton, 
 Mr. Markey, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Matsui, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Millender-
 McDonald, Mr. Miller of California, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Moakley, 
   Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
 Pallone, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, 
 Mr. Rothman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
     Sanders, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
  Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
Thompson, Mr. Torres, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Vento, Ms. Waters, 
Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Yates, 
  Mr. Filner, and Mr. Obey) 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 ``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 
                January 1, 1999; and
                    ``(B) $6.15 an hour during the year beginning on 
                January 1, 2000.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) take 
effect on January 1, 1999.
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