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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3746 

To provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 12, 2013 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut introduced 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— 


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1 ‘‘(A) $8.50 an hour, beginning on the first 

2 day of the third month that begins after the 

3 date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage 

4 Act of 2013 Act; 

5 ‘‘(B) $10.00 an hour, beginning 1 year 

6 after that first day; 

7 ‘‘(C) $11.00 an hour, beginning 2 years 

8 after that first day; and 

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

10 after that first day, and annually thereafter, the 

11 amount determined by the Secretary pursuant 

12 to subsection (h);’’. 

13 (2) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN

14 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.—Section 6 of the 

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

16 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

18 is 90 days before a new minimum wage determined under 

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

20 determine the minimum wage to be in effect pursuant to 

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

22 determined pursuant to this subsection for a year shall 

23 be— 

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

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


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

2 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for 

3 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (United 

4 States city average, all items, not seasonally ad5 justed), or its successor publication, as determined 

6 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and 

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

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

9 the Consumer Price Index for purposes of paragraph 

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

11 Index for the most recent month, quarter, or year avail12 able (as selected by the Secretary prior to the first year 

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

14 subsection) with the Consumer Price Index for the same 

15 month in the preceding year, the same quarter in the pre16 ceding year, or the preceding year, respectively.’’. 

17 (b) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOY18 EES.—Section 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 

19 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)) is amended to read as fol20 lows: 

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

22 for purposes of such determination shall be not less 

23 than— 

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

25 the first day of the third month that begins 


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1 after the date of enactment of the Fair Min2 imum Wage Act of 2013, $3.00 an hour; 

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

4 until the hourly wage under this paragraph 

5 equals 70 percent of the wage in effect under 

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

7 equal to the amount determined under this 

8 paragraph for the preceding year, increased by 

9 the lesser of— 

10 ‘‘(i) $0.95; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the 

12 wage in effect under this paragraph to 

13 equal 70 percent of the wage in effect 

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

15 rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05; 

16 and 

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

18 after the year in which the hourly wage under 

19 this paragraph first equals 70 percent of the 

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

21 same period, the amount necessary to ensure 

22 that the wage in effect under this paragraph re23 mains equal to 70 percent of the wage in effect 

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

25 multiple of $0.05; and’’. 


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

2 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as amended by subsection 

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

4 end the following: 

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

6 of any increase in the minimum wage determined under 

7 subsection (h) or required for tipped employees in accord8 ance with subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 3(m)(1), as 

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

10 Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and on the 

11 website of the Department of Labor a notice announcing 

12 the adjusted required wage.’’. 

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

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

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

16 of this Act. 

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