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Calendar No. 156 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 582 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 18, 2019 
Received; read the first time 
JULY 22, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and 
for other purposes. 
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 sec-
tion, not less than— 
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‘‘(A) $8.40 an hour, beginning on the ef-
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the 
Wage Act; 
‘‘(B) $9.50 an hour, beginning 1 year after 
such effective date; 
‘‘(C) $10.60 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(D) $11.70 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(E) $12.80 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(F) $13.90 an hour, beginning 5 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(G) $15.00 an hour, beginning 6 years 
after such effective date; and 
‘‘(H) beginning on the date that is 7 years 
after such effective date, and annually there-
after, the amount determined by the Secretary 
under subsection (h);’’. 
(b) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN THE 
MEDIAN 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 be-
fore a new minimum wage determined under subsection 
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(a)(1)(H) 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)(H). The 
wage determined 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 
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 
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(29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(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 period, an hourly wage equal to the 
amount determined 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 
‘‘(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’’. 
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