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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase 
in the Federal minimum wage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. DONNELLY, 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. 
ANDREWS, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. 
BEAN, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. 
BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, 
Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, 
Mr. 
CARNEY, 
Ms. 
CASTOR, 
Mr. 
CHANDLER, 
Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, 
Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ENGEL, 
Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. GIFFORDS, 
Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. 
HARE, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mr. HILL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 
HODES, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. INS-
LEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
KAGEN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK of 
Michigan, Mr. KIND, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
LAMPSON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LATOURETTE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. 
ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAHONEY 
of Florida, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MCHUGH, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, 
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Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. PATRICK MURPHY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE 
of North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. SESTAK, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
SHULER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. 
SPACE, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. SUTTON, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Mr. TIERNEY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL 
of New Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WALSH of New 
York, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, 
Ms. WATSON, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. 
WEXLER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, and 
Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
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 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE. 
(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: 
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‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, not less than— 
‘‘(A) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th 
day after the date of enactment of the Fair 
Minimum Wage Act of 2007; 
‘‘(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months 
after that 60th day; and 
‘‘(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months 
after that 60th day;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of 
enactment 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 on the 60th day 
after the date of enactment of this Act; and 
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(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. 
Æ 
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