[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1573 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1573

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 27, 1998

    Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Wellstone, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Ms. 
  Mikulski, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Torricelli, and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                       Labor and Human Resources

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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 
                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) beginning on September 1, 2001, $6.65 an 
                hour, as adjusted by the Secretary on each September 1 
                to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for 
                All Urban Consumers during the most recent 12-month 
                period for which data are available.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on September 1, 1998.
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