I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5901 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase 
in the Federal minimum wage and to index future increases to such 
wage to increases in the consumer price index. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2012 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois (for himself, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HONDA, Ms. BASS 
of California, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WATERS, Ms. MOORE, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. CLEAVER, and Ms. EDWARDS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide 
for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to 
index future increases to such wage to increases in the 
consumer price index. 
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 ‘‘Catching Up To 1968 
Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASES IN THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. 
(a) MINIMUM WAGE.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is 
amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) $10.00 an hour, beginning 60 days 
after the date of enactment of the Catching Up 
To 1968 Act of 2012; and 
‘‘(B) beginning 1 year after the wage pro-
vided for in subparagraph (A) takes effect and 
each year thereafter, the wage then in effect 
plus an increase determined by the Secretary to 
be in proportion to the increase in the Con-
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers for 
the preceding year.’’. 
(b) MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.—Sec-
tion 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)) is amended by adding before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, except that, for purposes of this 
paragraph, beginning 60 days after the date of enactment 
of the Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012, the cash wage 
paid such employee shall be 70 percent of the wage in ef-
fect under section 6(a)(1) but in no case less than $5.50 
an hour, adjusted annually as necessary thereafter’’. 
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(c) PUBLICATION OF WAGES.—Section 6 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is further 
amended by adding after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) Not later than 60 days prior to the effective date 
of any increase in the minimum wage pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1)(B) or increase in the minimum wage for 
tipped employees in accordance with section 3(m)(1), the 
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and on the 
Internet website of the Department of Labor a notice an-
nouncing the adjusted required wage or wages.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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