Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.
- Last Action
- 2/13/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-03Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- 2017-01-03Introduced in House
- 2017-01-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-03 (00)
Original Living Wage Act of 2017
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a four-person household, with two children under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states.
The Department of Labor (DOL) shall determine the minimum wage rate by June 1, 2017, and review it every four years. DOL may not adjust the minimum wage to a lower rate.
Cosponsors (10)
- ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Marc Veasey (D-TX)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Subjects
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Labor standards
- Wages and earnings
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