[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 964 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 964

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 1999

  Mr. Quinn 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 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 ``Long Term Minimum Wage Adjustment 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    (a) Wage.--Section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 206(a)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) 
as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively, and by striking paragraph 
(1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not 
        less than--
                    ``(A) $5.55 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 1999;
                    ``(B) $5.85 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 2000; and
                    ``(C) $6.15 an hour during the year beginning on 
                September 1, 2001;
            ``(2) the minimum wage prescribed by paragraph (1) will 
        increase in proportion to increases in the Consumer Price Index 
        for all urban consumers beginning on September 1, 2002, and 
        each September 1 thereafter as follows--
                    ``(A) an increase shall not exceed 4 percent in any 
                one calendar year; and
                    ``(B) the minimum wage will never fall below the 
                previous year's level; ''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on September 1, 1999.
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