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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. 

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 

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide 

for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
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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 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE. 

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

8 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended 

9 to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec11 tion, not less than—

12 ‘‘(A) $5.90 an hour, beginning on the 60th 

13 day after the date of enactment of the Fair 

14 Minimum Wage Act of 2003; and 

15 ‘‘(B) $6.65 an hour, beginning 12 months 

16 after that 60th day;’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

18 subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM WAGE TO THE COM21 MONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 

22 ISLANDS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Fair Labor 

24 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) shall apply to the 

25 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
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1 (b) TRANSITION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 

2 the minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the 

3 Northern Mariana Islands under section 6(a)(1) of the 

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

5 shall be—

6 (1) $3.55 an hour, beginning on the 60th day 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act; and 

8 (2) increased by $0.50 an hour (or such lesser 

9 amount as may be necessary to equal the minimum 

10 wage under section 6(a)(1) of such Act), beginning 

11 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act 

12 and every 6 months thereafter until the minimum 

13 wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the North14 ern Mariana Islands under this subsection is equal 

15 to the minimum wage set forth in such section.

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