Wage Increase Fairness Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3515 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances, and for other purposes. 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wage Increase Fair- 4 ness Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jul 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3515.IH H3515 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3515 IH SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 1 1938. 2 Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 3 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(h) Nothing in this subsection shall limit the amount 6 of a minimum wage set pursuant to this section, or of a 7 minimum wage set by a State or municipality pursuant 8 to section 18 of this Act, provided that: notwithstanding 9 section 18 or any other provision of law, no State or mu- 10 nicipality shall adopt any law or ordinance which has the 11 purpose or effect of establishing a minimum wage which 12 distinguishes, classifies, or establishes any requirement on 13 an employer based on its status as excluded from the defi- 14 nition of ‘‘enterprise’’ pursuant to the second sentence of 15 section 3(r)(1).’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jul 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3515.IH H3515 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS