HR 650 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

WAGES Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Donna F. Edwards D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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. IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act or WAGES Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees of at least: (1) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act; (2) $5.00 an hour beginning one year after the change in clause one takes effect; and (3) beginning two years after the change in clause two takes effect, and adjusted as necessary thereafter, 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA but in no case less than $5.50 an hour.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2013 to Nov 21, 2013, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-CAGloria Negrete McLeodOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalFeb 13, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Feb 13, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 13, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

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

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2013Introduced in House

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