[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2424 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2424

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal 
                  minimum wage by $1.62 over 3 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2001

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 Federal 
                  minimum wage by $1.62 over 3 years.

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

SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    Section 6(a)(1) 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--
                    ``(A) not less than $5.65 an hour beginning on the 
                effective date of this subparagraph;
                    ``(B) not less than $6.15 an hour beginning one 
                year after the effective date of subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(C) not less than $6.77 an hour beginning two 
                years after the effective date of subparagraph (A);''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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