[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 685 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 685

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1997

 Mr. Olver (for himself, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Frank 
of Massachusetts, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, 
 Mr. Nadler, Mr. Martinez, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Sanders) 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 raise the 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 Wage Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. RAISE IN MINIMUM WAGE.

    Section 6(a)(1) 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 $4.75 an hour during the period beginning October 1, 
        1996, and ending August 31, 1997, not less than $5.15 an hour 
        during the period beginning September 1, 1997, and ending June 
        30, 1998, not less than $5.50 an hour during the year beginning 
        July 1, 1998, not less than $6.00 an hour during the year 
        beginning July 1, 1999, and not less than $6.50 an hour 
        beginning July 1, 2000;''.
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