119-s2013

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2013 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2013

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

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 10, 2025

 Mr. Hawley (for himself and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
 Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for increases 
 in the 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 ``Higher Wages for American Workers 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    (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--
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        (A) $15, beginning on January 1 of the first year 
 that begins after the date of enactment of the Higher 
 Wages for American Workers Act of 2025; and
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        (B) beginning on January 1 of the second year 
 that begins after such date of enactment, and each 
 January 1 thereafter, the amount determined by the 
 Secretary under subsection

    (h) ;''.

    (b) Annual Change Based on Inflation.--

Section 6 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``

    (h)

    (1) On September 30 of the first year that begins after the 
date of enactment of the Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2025 
and on September 30 of each year thereafter, the Secretary shall 
determine, in accordance with paragraph

    (2) , the amount of the minimum 
wage to be in effect under subsection

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) for each period 
described in such subsection.
 ``

    (2) The wage determined under this subsection for a year shall 
be--
 ``
        (A) the amount in effect under subsection

    (a)

    (1) on the 
 date of such determination increased by the percentage 
 increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage 
 Earners and Clerical Workers (or a successor index), as 
 published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 12-month 
 period ending with July of the year in which the determination 
 occurs; and
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        (B) rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05, if the 
 amount after applying subparagraph
        (A) is not a multiple of 
 $0.05.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
January 1 of the first year that begins after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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