[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 1832 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 358
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1832

 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

                            October 29, 1999

Mr. Daschle (for Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was 
                          read the first time

                            November 1, 1999

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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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 1999''.

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 
                January 1, 2000; and
                    ``(B) $6.15 an hour beginning on January 1, 
                2001;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on January 1, 2000.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM WAGE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 
              NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    The provisions of section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206) shall apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands.
                                     





                                                       Calendar No. 358

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1832

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 1, 1999

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar