Congress Votes: Fair Minimum Wage Act H.R.2

H.R.2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007'.

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) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007;

(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and

(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day;'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM WAGE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

(a) In General- Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) shall apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(b) Transition- Notwithstanding subsection (a), the minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) shall be--

(1) $3.55 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of this Act; and

(2) increased by $0.50 an hour (or such lesser amount as may be necessary to equal the minimum wage under section 6(a)(1) of such Act), beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter until the minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under this subsection is equal to the minimum wage set forth in such section.

Roll Call #18, 01-10-07, 5:10pm
Passed 316 - 115

How Virginia Voted:
Y - Jo Ann S. Davis (R-1st)
N - Thelma Drake (R-2nd)
Y - Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-3rd)
Y - J. Randy Forbes (R-4th)
Y - Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-5th)
Y - Robert W. "Bob" Goodelatte (R-6th)
N - Eric I. Cantor (R-7th)
Y - James P. Moran, Jr. (D-8th)
Y - Frederick "Rick" Boucher (D-9th)
Y - Frank R. Wolf (R-10th)
N - Thomas M. Davis, III (R-11th)

Next step: Senate

Va. coverage:
Right-wing Liberal
From On High
In-politically Correct

UPDATE 1/12/07: For brevities' sake I had not posted the entire text of the bill. This post has now been modified to include Sec. 3 pertaining to the Northern Marianas.