Health Education Labor and Pensions Bill IX

S. 277

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 Representatives 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 2001'.

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:

`(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not less than--

`(A) $5.75 an hour beginning 30 days after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001;

`(B) $6.25 an hour during the year beginning January 1, 2002; and

`(C) $6.65 an hour beginning January 1, 2003;'.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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