I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4889 
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2023 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. NOR-
CROSS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
CASTEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. PORTER, Mr. TORRES 
of New York, Mr. CASAR, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. NADLER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. 
OMAR, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. KILMER, Mr. TRONE, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. WIL-
LIAMS of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GOMEZ, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. 
SCANLON, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. 
ROSS, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of 
California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. 
MFUME, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Ms. LOIS
FRANKEL
of Florida, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BALINT, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. POCAN, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LAR-
SEN of Washington, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. EVANS, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CROW, Mr. FROST, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. STEVENS, 
Ms. WEXTON, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. GARCI´A of Il-
linois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. HIMES, Ms. PELOSI, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. KEATING, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. LIEU, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Mr. HOYER, Mr. IVEY, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. BROWN, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. AGUILAR, Mrs. MCCLELLAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. CHU, 
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Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CARSON, Ms. 
KELLY of Illinois, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. BUSH, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mrs. SYKES, 
and Mr. CARTWRIGHT) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education 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 
of 2023’’. 
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) $9.50 an hour, beginning on the ef-
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the 
Wage Act of 2023; 
‘‘(B) $11.00 an hour, beginning 1 year 
after such effective date; 
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‘‘(C) $12.50 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(D) $14.00 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(E) $15.50 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(F) $17.00 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 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)(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 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; 
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‘‘(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, if the amount after applying subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) is not a 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 
(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— 
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‘‘(I) for the 1-year period beginning on the 
effective date under section 7 of the Raise the 
Wage Act of 2023, $6.00 an hour; 
‘‘(II) $8.00 an hour, beginning 1 year 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(III) $10.00 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(IV) $12.00 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(V) $13.50 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(VI) $15.00 an hour, beginning 5 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(VII) $17.00 an hour, beginning 6 years 
after such effective date; and 
‘‘(VIII) for each succeeding 1-year period 
after the increase made pursuant to subclause 
(VII), the minimum wage in effect under sec-
tion 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 fol-
lowing clause (ii), by striking ‘‘of this subsection, 
and all tips received by such employee have been re-
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tained by the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘of this sub-
section. 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)(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 be-
ginning with ‘‘In determining the wage an employer 
is required to pay a tipped employee,’’ and all that 
follows 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.—Subsection (i) 
of section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), as added by section 5 and 
amended by section 6(b)(1), 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 
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date that is 1 day after the date on which the hourly 
wage under subclause (VIII) 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. 
(d) PENALTIES.—Section 16 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended— 
(1) in the third sentence of subsection (b), by 
inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (e)(2), 
by inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’. 
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 ef-
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the Wage 
Act of 2023, $6.00 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 
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hourly wage equal to the amount determined under 
this paragraph for the preceding year, increased by 
the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $1.75; 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; 
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 
amended 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 added by section 5 and 
amended by sections 6(b)(1) and 3(c)(2), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘or subparagraph (B) or (C) of 
subsection (g)(1)’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal and amend-
ment made by paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 
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shall take effect on the date that is 1 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 section 2(b), 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 (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 
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: 
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‘‘(A) at a rate that equals or exceeds, for each 
year, the greater of— 
‘‘(i)(I) $5.00 an hour, beginning on the ef-
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the 
Wage Act of 2023; 
‘‘(II) $7.50 an hour, beginning 1 year 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(III) $10.00 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(IV) $12.50 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(V) $15.50 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; and 
‘‘(VI) the wage rate in effect under section 
6(a)(1), beginning 5 years after such effective 
date; or 
‘‘(ii) if applicable, the wage rate in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of the 
Raise the Wage Act of 2023 for the employ-
ment, under a special certificate issued under 
this paragraph, of the individual for whom the 
wage rate is being determined under this sub-
paragraph,’’. 
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
NEW
SPECIAL
CERTIFI-
CATES; TRANSITION ASSISTANCE.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 14(c) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
214(c)) is 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 of 2023. 
‘‘(7) 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) assisting such employers to com-
ply with this subsection, as amended by 
the Raise the Wage Act of 2023; and 
‘‘(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 
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