US HB4508 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

US Congress House Bill 4508 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Fair Wage Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: $8.00 an hour 30 days after this Act's enactment date or January 1, 2017, whichever date is earlier; $9.00 an hour, one year after the date the $8.00 an hour wage takes effect; $10.00 an hour, after two years; $11.00 an hour, after three years; $12.00 an hour, after four years; $13.00 an hour, after five years; $14.00 an hour, after six years; $15.00 an hour, after seven years; and the amount determined by the Department of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) eight years after such date and annually thereafter. The bill directs Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on Labor's website. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer who pays at least $1 more per hour than the federal minimum wage, but not more than $15 per hour, a credit against the employment tax equal to 6.2% of wages paid by such employer during the calendar year.

Title

Fair Wage Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2016-02-09	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2016-02-09	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2016-02-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-02-09	House	Introduced in House