[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5538 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5538

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
                        wage by $1 over 2 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2000

Mr. Traficant 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 minimum 
                        wage by $1 over 2 years.

    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 ``Minimum Wage Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    Paragraph (1) of section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section. Not 
        less than $5.15 an hour during the period ending June 30, 2000, 
        not less than $5.65 an hour during the year beginning January 
        1, 2001, and not less than $6.15 an hour beginning January 1, 
        2002;''.
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