S 2538 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002

Introduced May 22, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Edward M. Kennedy D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 23, 2002 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 22, 2002
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.75 an hour beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.25 an hour during the year beginning on January 1, 2003; and (3) $6.65 an hour beginning January 1, 2004.

Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage there shall be gradually increased to equal the Federal minimum wage.

Cosponsors 39

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2002 to Jun 10, 2002; 38 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MICarl LevinOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-INEvan BayhOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-NVHarry ReidOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-WIHerb KohlOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMay 22, 2002
R-VTJames M. JeffordsOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MOJean CarnahanOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-NCJohn EdwardsOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-NJJon S. CorzineOriginalMay 22, 2002
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MNMark DaytonOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MTMax BaucusOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MNPaul D. WellstoneOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-WVRobert C. ByrdOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-NJRobert G. TorricelliOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-SDThomas A. DaschleOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-IATom HarkinOriginalMay 22, 2002
D-SCErnest F. HollingsJun 10, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 23, 2002Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385.
  2. May 22, 2002Introduced in Senate
  3. May 22, 2002Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S10610, S10618, S10632, S10633Barbara Boxer D-CA, Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Harry Reid D-NV, Judd Gregg R-NHOct 17, 2002
SenateDebate and remarks S4741Harry Reid D-NVMay 23, 2002
SenateDebate and remarks S4685–S4688, S4733Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Harry Reid D-NV, Phil Gramm R-TX, Robert F. Bennett R-UT, Thomas A. Daschle D-SDMay 22, 2002

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Jun 7, 2002S. 2538, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the Senate on May 22, 2002</p>
  2. Jun 7, 2002S. 2538, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the Senate on May 22, 2002

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 964Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001Related billMay 26, 2001
HR 4799Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002Identical billOct 3, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
Short Titles as Introduced
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 23, 2002Placed on Calendar Senate

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