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Union Calendar No. 112 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 582 
[Report No. 116–150] 
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2019 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. MURPHY, Mr. NOR-
CROSS, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. JAYAPAL, 
Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILD, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. OMAR, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mrs. 
DEMINGS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. BEYER, Mr. EVANS, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
SERRANO, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. SPEIER, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HIGGINS of New 
York, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. WELCH, Mr. SIRES, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. SWALWELL 
of California, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. AGUILAR, 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. MALINOWSKI, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Mr. ENGEL, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. MOORE, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 
Mr. RUSH, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. RYAN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. PETERS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. SOTO, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 
Mr. CLAY, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CRIST, Ms. DEAN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 
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PASCRELL, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCNER-
NEY, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. RICH-
MOND, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SCAN-
LON, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. HILL of 
California, Ms. PORTER, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 
FRANKEL, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. HECK, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LEVIN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LAMB, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. CAR-
SON of Indiana, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KEATING, 
Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NADLER, Mr. KIM, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. 
ROUDA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. BASS, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CROW, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LEWIS, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. JOHNSON
of Georgia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CLEAVER, and Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor 
JULY 11, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CASE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. BERA, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
SHERRILL, Mr. HIMES, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. STEVENS, 
Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. NEAL, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, 
Mr. VELA, Mr. COOPER, Ms. SLOTKIN, and Ms. SPANBERGER 
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JULY 11, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 16, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Raise the Wage Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. 
(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 section, 
not less than— 
‘‘(A) $8.55 an hour, beginning on the effec-
tive date under section 7 of the Raise the Wage 
Act; 
‘‘(B) $9.85 an hour, beginning 1 year after 
such effective date; 
‘‘(C) $11.15 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(D) $12.45 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(E) $13.75 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(F) $15.00 an hour, beginning 5 years 
after such effective date; and 
‘‘(G) beginning on the date that is 6 years 
after such effective date, and annually thereafter, 
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the amount determined by the Secretary under 
subsection (h);’’. 
(b) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN THE ME-
DIAN HOURLY WAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES.—Section 6 of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) Not later than each date that is 90 days before 
a new minimum wage determined under subsection 
(a)(1)(G) is to take effect, the Secretary shall determine the 
minimum wage to be in effect under this subsection for each 
period described in subsection (a)(1)(G). The wage deter-
mined under this subsection for a year shall be— 
‘‘(A) not less than the amount in effect under 
subsection (a)(1) on the date of such determination; 
‘‘(B) increased from such amount by the annual 
percentage increase, if any, in the median hourly 
wage of all employees as determined by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics; and 
‘‘(C) rounded up to the nearest multiple of $0.05. 
‘‘(2) In calculating the annual percentage increase in 
the median hourly wage of all employees for purposes of 
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary, through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, shall compile data on the hourly wages 
of all employees to determine such a median hourly wage 
and compare such median hourly wage for the most recent 
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year for which data are available with the median hourly 
wage determined for the preceding year.’’. 
SEC. 3. TIPPED EMPLOYEES. 
(a) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES 
AND
TIPS
RETAINED
BY
EMPLOYEES.—Section 
3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) the cash wage paid such employee, which for 
purposes of such determination shall be not less 
than— 
‘‘(I) for the 1-year period beginning on the 
effective date under section 7 of the Raise the 
Wage Act, $3.60 an hour; 
‘‘(II) for each succeeding 1-year period until 
the hourly wage under this clause equals the 
wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such pe-
riod, an hourly wage equal to the amount deter-
mined under this clause for the preceding year, 
increased by the lesser of— 
‘‘(aa) $1.50; or 
‘‘(bb) the amount necessary for the 
wage in effect under this clause to equal the 
wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such 
period, rounded up to the nearest multiple 
of $0.05; and 
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‘‘(III) for each succeeding 1-year period 
after the increase made pursuant to subclause 
(II), the minimum wage in effect under section 
6(a)(1); and’’. 
(b) 
TIPS
RETAINED
BY
EMPLOYEES.—Section 
3(m)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of the matter following 
clause (ii), by striking ‘‘of this subsection, and all 
tips received by such employee have been retained by 
the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘of this subsection. Any 
employee shall have the right to retain any tips re-
ceived by such employee’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘An em-
ployer shall inform each employee of the right and ex-
ception provided under the preceding sentence.’’. 
(c) SCHEDULED REPEAL
OF SEPARATE MINIMUM 
WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) TIPPED EMPLOYEES.—Section 3(m)(2)(A) of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(m)(2)(A)), as amended by subsections (a) and 
(b), is further amended by striking the sentence begin-
ning with ‘‘In determining the wage an employer is 
required to pay a tipped employee,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘of this subsection.’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
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wage required to be paid to a tipped employee shall 
be the wage set forth in section 6(a)(1).’’. 
(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Subsection (i) of 
section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 206), as amended by section 5, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘or in accordance with subclause 
(II) or (III) of section 3(m)(2)(A)(i)’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect on the date 
that is one day after the date on which the hourly 
wage under subclause (III) of section 3(m)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(m)(2)(A)(i)), as amended by subsection (a), takes 
effect. 
SEC. 4. NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LESS THAN 20 
YEARS OLD. 
(a) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR NEWLY HIRED EM-
PLOYEES WHO ARE LESS THAN 20 YEARS OLD.—Section 
6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘a wage which is not 
less than $4.25 an hour.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a 
wage at a rate that is not less than— 
‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on the effec-
tive date under section 7 of the Raise the Wage Act, 
$5.50 an hour; 
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‘‘(B) for each succeeding 1-year period until the 
hourly wage under this paragraph equals the wage in 
effect under section 6(a)(1) for such period, an hourly 
wage equal to the amount determined under this 
paragraph for the preceding year, increased by the 
lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $1.25; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the wage in 
effect under this paragraph to equal the wage in 
effect under section 6(a)(1) for such period, 
rounded up to the nearest multiple of $0.05; and 
‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period after the 
increase made pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii), the 
minimum wage in effect under section 6(a)(1).’’. 
(b) SCHEDULED REPEAL
OF SEPARATE MINIMUM 
WAGE FOR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LESS 
THAN 20 YEARS OLD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(g) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)), as amend-
ed by subsection (a), shall be repealed. 
(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Subsection (i) of 
section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 206), as amended by section 3(c)(2), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘or subparagraph (B) or (C) of 
subsection (g)(1),’’. 
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal and amend-
ment made by paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 
shall take effect on the date that is one day after the 
date on which the hourly wage under subparagraph 
(C) of section 6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)), as amended by 
subsection (a), takes effect. 
SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. 
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206), as amended by the preceding sections, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) Not later than 60 days prior to the effective date 
of any increase in the required wage determined under sub-
section (a)(1) or subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection 
(g)(1), or in accordance with subclause (II) or (III) of sec-
tion 3(m)(2)(A)(i) or section 14(c)(1)(A), the Secretary 
shall publish in the Federal Register and on the website 
of the Department of Labor a notice announcing each in-
crease in such required wage.’’. 
SEC. 6. PROMOTING ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR IN-
DIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) WAGES.— 
(1) TRANSITION TO FAIR WAGES FOR INDIVID-
UALS WITH DISABILITIES.—Subparagraph (A) of sec-
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(2) PROHIBITION
ON
NEW
SPECIAL
CERTIFI-
CATES; SUNSET.—Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)) (as amend-
ed by paragraph (1)) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION
ON
NEW
SPECIAL
CERTIFI-
CATES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall not issue a special certificate under this 
subsection to an employer that was not issued a spe-
cial certificate under this subsection before the date of 
enactment of the Raise the Wage Act. 
‘‘(7) SUNSET.—Beginning on the day after the 
date on which the wage rate described in paragraph 
(1)(A)(i)(VI) takes effect, the authority to issue spe-
cial certificates under paragraph (1) shall expire, and 
no special certificates issued under paragraph (1) 
shall have any legal effect. 
‘‘(8) TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE.—Upon request, 
the Secretary shall provide— 
‘‘(A) technical assistance and information 
to employers issued a special certificate under 
this subsection for the purposes of— 
‘‘(i) transitioning the practices of such 
employers to comply with this subsection, as 
amended by the Raise the Wage Act; and 
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‘‘(ii) ensuring continuing employment 
opportunities for individuals with disabil-
ities receiving a special minimum wage 
rate under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) information to individuals employed 
at a special minimum wage rate under this sub-
section, which may include referrals to Federal 
or State entities with expertise in competitive in-
tegrated employment.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (i) of section 6 of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206), as amended by section 4(b)(2), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘or section 14(c)(1)(A),’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the day after the 
date on which the wage rate described in paragraph 
(1)(A)(i)(VI) of section 14(c) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)), as amend-
ed by subsection (a)(1), takes effect. 
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SEC. 7. GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the amend-
ments made by this Act, this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act shall take effect— 
(1) subject to paragraph (2), on the first day of 
the third month that begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) with respect to the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, on the date that is 18 
months after the effective date described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 8. GAO REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Edu-
cation and Labor Committee of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate a report that, with respect to the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands— 
(1) assesses the status and structure of the econ-
omy (including employment, earnings and wages, 
and key industries); and 
(2) for each year in which a wage increase will 
take effect under subsection (a)(1) or (g)(1) of section 
6, section 3(m)(2)(A)(i), or section 14(c)(1)(A) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.), as amended by this Act, estimates the propor-
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tion of employees who will be directly affected by each 
such wage increase taking effect for such year, 
disaggregated by industry and occupation. 
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Union Calendar No. 112 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 582 
[Report No. 116–150] 
A BILL 
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum 
wage, and for other purposes. 
JULY 11, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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