[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 277 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 277

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
                 increase in the Federal minimum wage.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2001

  Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Feingold, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, 
Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Wyden) 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 provide for an 
                 increase in 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 2001''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE.

    (a) In General.--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, not 
        less than--
                    ``(A) $5.75 an hour beginning 30 days after the 
                date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001;
                    ``(B) $6.25 an hour during the year beginning 
                January 1, 2002; and
                    ``(C) $6.65 an hour beginning January 1, 2003;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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

    (a) In General.--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.
    (b) Transition.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the minimum wage 
applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under 
section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(a)(1)) shall be--
            (1) $3.55 an hour beginning 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) increased by $0.50 an hour (or such lesser amount as 
        may be necessary to equal the minimum wage under section 
        6(a)(1) of such Act), beginning 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter until the 
        minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands under this subsection is equal to the minimum 
        wage set forth in such section.
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