[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3515 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3515

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit States and 
municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2019

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Johnson 
 of South Dakota) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit States and 
municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Wage Increase Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 1938.

    Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 206) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Nothing in this subsection shall limit the amount of a 
minimum wage set pursuant to this section, or of a minimum wage set by 
a State or municipality pursuant to section 18 of this Act, provided 
that: notwithstanding section 18 or any other provision of law, no 
State or municipality shall adopt any law or ordinance which has the 
purpose or effect of establishing a minimum wage which distinguishes, 
classifies, or establishes any requirement on an employer based on its 
status as excluded from the definition of ``enterprise'' pursuant to 
the second sentence of section 3(r)(1).''.
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