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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4839 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation 
of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a 
family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2014 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. LEE 
of California, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BASS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON
of Indiana, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, 
Ms. WATERS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BROWN of Florida, and Mr. 
RICHMOND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for 
the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Fed-
eral poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined 
by the Bureau of the Census. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) not less than the amount determined 
by the Secretary under subsection (b), begin-
ning September 1, 2014;’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c) and inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), not later than June 
1, 2014, and once every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary 
shall determine the minimum wage rate applicable under 
subsection (a)(1) based on the formula described in para-
graph (3). The Secretary shall publish such wage rate in 
the Federal Register not later than October 1 of each year. 
‘‘(2) If the minimum wage rate determined by the 
Secretary under paragraph (1) would result in a lower 
minimum wage rate than the minimum wage rate in effect 
at the time of such determination, the Secretary shall not 
adjust, pursuant to this subsection, the minimum wage 
rate so in effect. 
‘‘(3) The minimum wage rate determined by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1) shall be the minimum hourly 
wage sufficient for a person working for such wage for 
40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual 
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income in an amount that is 15 percent higher than the 
Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, with two chil-
dren under the age of 18, and living in any of the 48 con-
tiguous States, as published by the Bureau of the Census 
for the year in which the wage rate is being so deter-
mined.’’. 
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