An amendment to insert a new section at the end of title IV amending Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) to raise the Federal minimum wage.

1. Adds Sec. __. (a) Minimum Wage.--Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended-- at the end of title VI

   Adds a section

   Inserted: Sec. __. (a) Minimum Wage.--Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking "and not less than $5.15 an hour" and inserting "not less than $5.15 an hour"; and

   Inserted: (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ", not less than $5.85 an hour beginning on January 1, 2007, not less than $6.55 an hour beginning on January 1, 2008, and not less than $7.25 an hour beginning on January 1, 2009".

   Inserted: (b) Applicability of Minimum Wage to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.--(1) 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.

   Inserted: (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 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))--

   Inserted: (A) shall be $3.55 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of this Act; and

   Inserted: (B) shall be 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 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938), 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.

   Original wording

   At the end of title VI, insert the following:

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