Minimum Wage Fairness Act
Latest action · Apr 2, 2014 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2043)
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.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Minimum Wage Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.20 an hour beginning on the first day of the sixth month after the enactment of this Act, (2) $9.15 an hour beginning one year after the date of such initial increase, (3) $10.10 an hour beginning two years after such date, and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) beginning three years after such date and annually thereafter.
Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year beginning on the first day of the sixth month after the enactment of this Act. Provides a formula for subsequent annual adjustments of the minimum wage for tipped employees until it equals 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees.
Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through taxable years beginning before 2017: (1) the increase to $500,000 of the expensing allowance for business assets, including computer software; and (2) the treatment of qualified real property (i.e., leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property) as depreciable business property.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2013 to Apr 1, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Nov 19, 2013 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jan 6, 2014 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jan 6, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2014Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2043)
- Apr 1, 2014Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1883)
- Mar 31, 2014Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1860)
- Nov 20, 2013Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 250.
- Nov 19, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Nov 19, 2013Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Related bills 9
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 460 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 | Related bill | Mar 5, 2013 |
| HR 1010 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 | Related bill | Feb 26, 2014 |
| S 1085 | Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act of 2013 | Related bill | Jun 3, 2013 |
| S 1498 | Small Business Tax Fairness Act | Related bill | Sep 12, 2013 |
| S 1859 | Tax Extenders Act of 2013 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2013Placed on Calendar Senate
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