[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 631 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 631

   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a base 
                   minimum wage for tipped employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2011

  Ms. Edwards (for herself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
Hastings of Florida, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Tonko, 
  Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, and Ms. 
   Norton) 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 establish a base 
                   minimum wage for tipped employees.

    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 ``Working for Adequate Gains for 
Employment in Services Act'' or ``WAGES Act''.

SEC. 2. BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(m)(1)) is amended by adding before the semicolon the following: ``, 
except that, for purposes of this paragraph, the cash wage paid such 
employee shall be not less than--
                    ``(A) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the 
                date of enactment of the Working for Adequate Gains for 
                Employment in Services Act;
                    ``(B) $5.00 an hour beginning 1 year after the date 
                on which the change required by subparagraph (A) takes 
                effect; and
                    ``(C) beginning 2 years after the date on which the 
                change required by subparagraph (A) takes effect and 
                adjusted as necessary thereafter, 70 percent of the 
                wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) but in no case 
                less than $5.50 an hour.''.

SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.

    Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Not later than 10 days prior to the effective date of any 
increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees in accordance with 
section 3(m)(1), the Secretary shall publish (in the Federal Register 
and on the Internet website of the Department of Labor) a notice 
announcing the adjusted required wage.''.
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