[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4256 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4256

    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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2004

 Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Owens, 
 Mr. Lynch, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Lee, 
Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
Serrano, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Solis, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Matsui, 
  Mr. Tierney, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Baca, Ms. Watson, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
 Crowley, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Berman, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Van 
  Hollen, Mr. Evans, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Corrine 
 Brown of Florida, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Brown of 
Ohio, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. 
   Norton, Ms. Waters, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
 Rangel, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
 Mr. Israel, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Bishop of 
   New York, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Allen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
 Rodriguez, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Olver, Mr. Obey, Mr. Frank of 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Stark, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. 
 Lofgren, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Holt, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Honda, 
 Mr. Sabo, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Meeks of New York) 
 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 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 2004''.

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) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day 
                after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage 
                Act of 2003;
                    ``(B) $6.45 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 
                60th day; and
                    ``(C) $7.00 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 
                60th day;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 60 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 on the 60th day 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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