[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 496 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. RES. 496

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a three-
               fifths vote to increase the minimum wage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 1998

 Mr. Tiahrt submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a three-
               fifths vote to increase the minimum wage.

    Resolved, That clause 5 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(e) No bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 
carrying a minimum wage increase shall be considered as passed or 
agreed to unless so determined by a vote of not less than three-fifths 
of the Members voting. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 
`minimum wage increase' means any amendment to section 6 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage.''.
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