[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2
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
January 5, 2007
Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Donnelly,
Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Altmire, Mr.
Andrews, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Baca, Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Bean, Mr.
Becerra, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Berry, Mr. Bishop of New York,
Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Capps, Mr.
Capuano, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Carney, Ms. Castor, Mr.
Chandler, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr.
Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costello, Mr.
Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of
Illinois, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt,
Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Doyle, Mr.
Ellison, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr.
Etheridge, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr.
Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Giffords, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Gordon of
Tennessee, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Hall of New York, Mr. Hare, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms.
Herseth, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono,
Mr. Hodes, Mr. Holden, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Inslee, Mr.
Israel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kagen, Mr.
Kanjorski, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr.
Kind, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Langevin,
Mr. Lantos, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr.
LaTourette, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr.
LoBiondo, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr.
Lynch, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey,
Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr.
McHugh, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. McNerney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Meek
of Florida, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Mitchell, Mr.
Moore of Kansas, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr.
Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tim
Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Oberstar, Mr. Obey, Mr. Olver, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell,
Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr.
Pomeroy, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr.
Reyes, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Ross, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr.
Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Linda T.
Sanchez of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr.
Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sestak, Mr.
Shays, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Sires, Mr.
Skelton, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Smith of New
Jersey, Mr. Snyder, Ms. Solis, Mr. Space, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stark, Mr.
Stupak, Ms. Sutton, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr.
Thompson of California, Mr. Tierney, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Udall of
Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velazquez, Mr.
Walsh of New York, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms.
Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Mr.
Wexler, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, Mr. Wynn, and Mr.
Yarmuth) 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 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 2007''.
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 2007;
``(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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