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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 665
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 14, 2001
Mr. BONIOR (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. FROST, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. PHELPS,
Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms.
BALDWIN, 
Mr. 
BARRETT, 
Mr. 
BECERRA, 
Ms. 
BERKLEY, 
Mr.
BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr.
CARDIN, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COSTELLO,
Mr. COYNE, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.
DELAHUNT, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.
EVANS, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK, Mr. GREEN of
Texas, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HIN-
CHEY, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HONDA, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois,
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE
JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR,
Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr.
KUCINICH, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS,
Ms. LEE, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MASCARA,
Mr. MATSUI, Ms. MCCARTHY
of Missouri, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs.
MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr.
MOAKLEY, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms.
NORTON, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.
PAYNE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Ms. RIVERS, Ms.
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABO, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. SAWYER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms.
SOLIS, Mr. STARK, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr.
TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr.
WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, and Mr. WYNN) introduced the fol-
lowing 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2001’’.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.
(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 sec-
tion, not less than—
‘‘(A) $5.75 an hour beginning 30 days
after the date of enactment of the Fair Min-
imum Wage Act of 2001;
‘‘(B) $6.25 an hour during the year begin-
ning January 1, 2002; and
‘‘(C) $6.65 an hour beginning January 1,
2003;’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act.
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM WAGE TO THE COM-
MONWEALTH 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 30 days 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 North-
ern Mariana Islands under this subsection is equal
to the minimum wage set forth in such section.
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