To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage.

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.65 per hour during the year beginning July 1, 2001; and (2) $6.15 per hour beginning July 1, 2002.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2241 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2241

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
                                 wage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2001

Mr. Traficant 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 increase the minimum 
                                 wage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE.

    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) $5.15 an hour beginning September 1, 1997,
                    ``(B) $5.65 an hour beginning on July 1, 2001, and
                    ``(C) $6.15 an hour beginning on July 1, 2002;''.
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