[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 965 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 965
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
February 27, 2003
Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen,
Mr. Andrews, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Berman, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Brown of Ohio,
Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr.
Conyers, Mr. Costello, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr.
Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr.
Grijalva, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr.
Hoeffel, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Kildee, Ms.
Kilpatrick, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Ms.
Lofgren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Matsui, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal of
Massachusetts, Mr. Obey, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne,
Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Sabo, Ms.
Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr.
Sherman, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr.
Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Watson, Mr. Weiner, Mr.
Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wu) 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 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 2003''.
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) $5.90 an hour, beginning on the 60th day
after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage
Act of 2003; and
``(B) $6.65 an hour, beginning 12 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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