[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 192 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 192

 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 19, 1999

  Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
Moynihan, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Kerry 
 of Massachusetts, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Wellstone, 
 Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
   Durbin, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Schumer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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 
                September 1, 1999; and
                    ``(B) $6.15 an hour beginning on September 1, 
                2000;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on September 1, 1999.

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.
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