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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1010 

To provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2013 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BARBER, 

Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY

of Iowa, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. CASTOR

of Florida, Ms. CHU, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE, 

Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

COURTNEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS

of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 

ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ENYART, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, 

Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HAHN, 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 

HONDA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. 

LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARKEY, 

Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

MORAN, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mrs. NEGRETE

MCLEOD, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Ms. PINGREE

of Maine, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, 

Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, 

Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 

TIERNEY, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. WALZ, Ms. 

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duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Minimum Wage 

5 Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. 

7 (a) MINIMUM WAGE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 

9 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) 

10 is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec12 tion, not less than— 

13 ‘‘(A) $8.20 an hour, beginning on the first 

14 day of the third month that begins after the 

15 date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage 

16 Act of 2013 Act; 

17 ‘‘(B) $9.15 an hour, beginning 1 year after 

18 that first day; 

19 ‘‘(C) $10.10 an hour, beginning 2 years 

20 after that first day; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) beginning on the date that is 3 years 

2 after that first day, and annually thereafter, the 

3 amount determined by the Secretary pursuant 

4 to subsection (h);’’. 

5 (2) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN

6 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.—Section 6 of the 

7 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) 

8 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(h)(1) Each year, by not later than the date that 

10 is 90 days before a new minimum wage determined under 

11 subsection (a)(1)(D) is to take effect, the Secretary shall 

12 determine the minimum wage to be in effect pursuant to 

13 this subsection for the subsequent 1-year period. The wage 

14 determined pursuant to this subsection for a year shall 

15 be— 

16 ‘‘(A) not less than the amount in effect under 

17 subsection (a)(1) on the date of such determination; 

18 ‘‘(B) increased from such amount by the annual 

19 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for 

20 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (United 

21 States city average, all items, not seasonally ad22 justed), or its successor publication, as determined 

23 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and 

24 ‘‘(C) rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05. 


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1 ‘‘(2) In calculating the annual percentage increase in 

2 the Consumer Price Index for purposes of paragraph 

3 (1)(B), the Secretary shall compare such Consumer Price 

4 Index for the most recent month, quarter, or year avail5 able (as selected by the Secretary prior to the first year 

6 for which a minimum wage is in effect pursuant to this 

7 subsection) with the Consumer Price Index for the same 

8 month in the preceding year, the same quarter in the pre9 ceding year, or the preceding year, respectively.’’. 

10 (b) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOY11 EES.—Section 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 

12 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)) is amended to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(1) the cash wage paid such employee, which 

15 for purposes of such determination shall be not less 

16 than— 

17 ‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on 

18 the first day of the third month that begins 

19 after the date of enactment of the Fair Min20 imum Wage Act of 2013, $3.00 an hour; 

21 ‘‘(B) for each succeeding 1-year period 

22 until the hourly wage under this paragraph 

23 equals 70 percent of the wage in effect under 

24 section 6(a)(1) for such period, an hourly wage 

25 equal to the amount determined under this 


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1 paragraph for the preceding year, increased by 

2 the lesser of— 

3 ‘‘(i) $0.95; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the 

5 wage in effect under this paragraph to 

6 equal 70 percent of the wage in effect 

7 under section 6(a)(1) for such period, 

8 rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period 

11 after the year in which the hourly wage under 

12 this paragraph first equals 70 percent of the 

13 wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for the 

14 same period, the amount necessary to ensure 

15 that the wage in effect under this paragraph re16 mains equal to 70 percent of the wage in effect 

17 under section 6(a)(1), rounded to the nearest 

18 multiple of $0.05; and’’. 

19 (c) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Section 6 of the Fair 

20 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as amended by subsection 

21 (a)) (29 U.S.C. 206) is further amended by adding at the 

22 end the following: 

23 ‘‘(i) Not later than 60 days prior to the effective date 

24 of any increase in the minimum wage determined under 

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1 ance with subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 3(m)(1), as 

2 amended by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, the 

3 Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and on the 

4 website of the Department of Labor a notice announcing 

5 the adjusted required wage.’’. 

6 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the first day 

8 of the third month that begins after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act. 

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