Minimum Wage Competitiveness Act of 2005

Minimum Wage Competitiveness Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to: (1) $6.00 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.75 an hour, beginning on January 1, 2006; and (3) $7.15 an hour, beginning on January 1, 2007.

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.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3413 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3413

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
     increase in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2005

 Mr. Boehlert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
     increase in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Minimum Wage Competitiveness Act of 
2005''.

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) $6.00 an hour, beginning on the 60th day 
                after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage 
                Act of 2005;
                    ``(B) $6.75 an hour, beginning on January 1, 2006; 
                and
                    ``(C) $7.15 an hour, beginning on January 1, 
                2007;''.
    (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.
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