[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5026 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5026

             To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2000

Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Ballenger, and 
Mr. Hoekstra) 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. STATE MINIMUM WAGE.

    Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) An employer in a State that adopts minimum wage 
legislation that conforms to the requirement of paragraph (2) shall not 
be required to pay its employees at the minimum wage prescribed by 
subsection (a)(1).
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply in a State that adopts minimum wage 
legislation that--
            ``(A) sets a rate or rates that are not less than $5.15 an 
        hour; and
            ``(B) applies that rate or those rates to not fewer than 
        the employees performing work within the State that would 
        otherwise be covered by the minimum wage rate prescribed by 
        subsection (a)(1).''.
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