Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001
Latest action · May 26, 2001 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 54.
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.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2001 to Apr 17, 2002; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-MN | Paul D. Wellstone | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | May 25, 2001 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-NC | John Edwards | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Robert G. Torricelli | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Jun 6, 2001 | |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Jun 25, 2001 | |
| D-MO | Jean Carnahan | Apr 17, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2001Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 54.
- May 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
- May 25, 2001Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5802 | John Ensign R-NV | May 26, 2001 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5765 | Christopher S. Bond R-MO | May 25, 2001 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-80 | H.R. 2109, H.R. 2748, H.R. 3421, AND H.R. 342552 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Dec 13, 2001 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 277 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001 | Identical bill | Feb 7, 2001 |
| HR 665 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001 | Identical bill | Apr 5, 2001 |
| S 2538 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002 | Related bill | May 23, 2002 |
Titles 3
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 2001
- Popular Titles
- Minimum Wage Increase bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2001Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
