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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 325
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 15, 2021
Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor
A BILL
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage to
$15 an hour.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Living Wage Now
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor
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Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended
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to read as follows:
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‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
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tion, not less than—
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‘‘(A) $15 an hour, beginning on the effec-
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tive date under section 3 of the Living Wage
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Now Act;’’.
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SEC. 3. GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the
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amendments made by this Act, this Act and the amend-
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ments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day
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of the third month that begins after the date of enactment
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of this Act.
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