I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 15 
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2017 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, 
Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SWALWELL of 
California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. MOORE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CLAY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 
Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DELBENE, 
Ms. SPEIER, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
NADLER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. ESHOO, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. JUDY 
CHU of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. VIS-
CLOSKY, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. KIHUEN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MAXINE 
WATERS of California, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. POLIS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SHEA-POR-
TER, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. TONKO, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HIGGINS
of New York, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. BEYER, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. BASS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. MENG, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 
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VARGAS, Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
PANETTA, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 
ESTY of Connecticut, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. KELLY 
of Illinois, Mr. PETERS, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. HECK, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CRIST, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
WALZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, and Mrs. MURPHY of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
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— 
‘‘(A) $9.25 an hour, beginning on the ef-
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the 
Wage Act; 
‘‘(B) $10.10 an hour, beginning 1 year 
after such effective date; 
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‘‘(C) $11.00 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(D) $12.00 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(E) $13.00 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(F) $13.50 an hour, beginning 5 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(G) $14.25 an hour, beginning 6 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(H) $15.00 an hour, beginning 7 years 
after such effective date; and 
‘‘(I) beginning on the date that is 8 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 
(a)(1)(I) is to take effect, the Secretary shall determine 
the minimum wage to be in effect under this subsection 
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‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on 
the effective date under section 7 of the Raise 
the Wage Act, $4.15 an hour; 
‘‘(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) $1.15; 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 to the 
nearest multiple of $0.05; and 
‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period 
after the increase made pursuant to subpara-
graph (B)(ii), the minimum wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1); and’’. 
(b) TIPS RETAINED BY EMPLOYEES.—Section 3(m) 
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(m)) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of the matter fol-
lowing paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘of this sub-
section, and all tips received by such employee have 
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been retained by the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
this subsection. Any employee shall have the right to 
retain any tips received by such employee’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘An em-
ployer shall inform each employee of the right and 
exception provided under the preceding sentence.’’. 
(c) SCHEDULED REPEAL OF SEPARATE MINIMUM 
WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) TIPPED EMPLOYEES.—Section 3(m) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(m)), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is 
further amended by striking the sentence beginning 
with ‘‘In determining the wage an employer is re-
quired to pay a tipped employee,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘of this subsection.’’ and inserting 
‘‘The wage required to be paid to a tipped employee 
shall be the wage set forth in section 6(a)(1).’’. 
(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Section 6(i) of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(i)), as added by section 5, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or in accordance with subparagraph (B) or (C) 
of section 3(m)(1) (as applicable),’’. 
(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 
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hourly wage under section 3(m)(1)(C) of the Fair 
Labor 
Standards 
Act 
of 
1938 
(29 
U.S.C. 
203(m)(1)(C)), 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 fol-
lowing: ‘‘a wage at a rate that is not less than— 
‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on 
the effective date under section 7 of the Raise 
the Wage Act, $5.00 an hour; 
‘‘(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) $1.05; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the 
wage in effect under this paragraph to 
equal the wage in effect under section 
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6(a)(1) for such period, rounded to the 
nearest multiple of $0.05; and 
‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period 
after the increase made pursuant to subpara-
graph (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)(1) of the Fair 
Labor 
Standards 
Act 
of 
1938 
(29 
U.S.C. 
206(g)(1)), as amended by subsection (a), shall be 
repealed effective on the date provided in paragraph 
(3). 
(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Section 6(i) of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(i)), as amended by section 3(c)(2), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘or subparagraph (B) or (C) of 
section 6(g)(1) (as applicable),’’. 
(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 section 
6(g)(1)(C) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as 
amended by subsection (a), takes effect. 
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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 
subsection (h), or in accordance with subparagraph (B) 
or (C) of section 3(m)(1) (as applicable), section 
14(c)(1)(A) (as applicable), or subparagraph (B) or (C) 
of section 6(g)(1) (as applicable), the Secretary shall pub-
lish in the Federal Register and on the website of the De-
partment of Labor a notice announcing each increase 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 
section 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) at a rate that equals, or exceeds, the 
greater of— 
‘‘(i)(I) $4.25 an hour, beginning 1 
year after the date the wage rate specified 
in section 6(a)(1)(A) takes effect; 
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‘‘(II) $6.25 an hour, beginning 2 
years after such date; 
‘‘(III) $8.25 an hour, beginning 3 
years after such date; 
‘‘(IV) $10.25 an hour, beginning 4 
years after such date; 
‘‘(V) $12.25 an hour, beginning 5 
years after such date; and 
‘‘(VI) the wage rate in effect under 
section 6(a)(1), on the date that is 6 years 
after the date the wage specified in section 
6(a)(1)(A) takes effect; or 
‘‘(ii) if applicable, the wage rate in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the Raise the Wage Act for the 
employment, under a special certificate 
issued under this paragraph, of the indi-
vidual for whom the wage rate is being de-
termined under this subparagraph,’’. 
(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 
amended by paragraph (1)) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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