[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2429 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2429

    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

                              May 18, 2005

 Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, 
 Mr. Owens, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Waxman, 
   Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Holt, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
  Michigan, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Payne, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Wynn, 
 Mr. Rangel, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Waters, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
Kildee, Ms. Watson, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. 
   Solis, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
 McDermott, Mr. Allen, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. 
Langevin, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Markey, Mr. Michaud, 
Mr. Baca, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
Olver, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
Stark, Mr. Evans, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
  Wu, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Watt, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Brady of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Honda, Mr. Higgins, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Mr. Towns, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Obey, Mr. Levin, 
  Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Doggett, Ms. 
Eshoo, Mr. Engel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
 McNulty, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Price of 
 North Carolina, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Schwartz 
  of Pennsylvania, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Ryan of 
 Ohio, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) 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 2005''.

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 2005;
                    ``(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 
                60th day; and
                    ``(C) $7.25 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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