Wage Increase Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-3515
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-06-26
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: State and local government operations

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Wage Increase Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits any limitation on the amount of a minimum wage set pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of&nbsp; 1938, or of&nbsp;one set by a state or municipality pursuant to such Act. Furthermore, no state or municipality shall adopt any law or ordinance which has the purpose or effect of establishing a minimum wage that distinguishes, classifies, or establishes any requirement on an employer based on its status as excluded from the definition of <i>enterprise</i> under such Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3515 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2019 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ) 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 prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wage Increase Fairness Act . 2. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act 1938 Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( 29 U.S.C. 206 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Nothing in this subsection shall limit the amount of a minimum wage set pursuant to this section, or of a minimum wage set by a State or municipality pursuant to section 18 of this Act, provided that: notwithstanding section 18 or any other provision of law, no State or municipality shall adopt any law or ordinance which has the purpose or effect of establishing a minimum wage which distinguishes, classifies, or establishes any requirement on an employer based on its status as excluded from the definition of “enterprise” pursuant to the second sentence of section 3(r)(1). .