To provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

SA 2063. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr.
Feingold, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Dayton) proposed an amendment to the
bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. MINIMUM WAGE.

(a) Increase in the Minimum Wage.--
(1) 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;''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
(b) Applicability of Minimum Wage to the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands.--
(1) 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.
(2) Transition.--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)) shall be--
(A) $3.55 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date
of enactment of this Act; and
(B) 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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