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HR 3409 106th Congress House

To provide that employees of employers who provide certain increases in health insurance coverage will not be covered by an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

Introduced: November 16, 1999 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Employee health benefitsFinance and Financial SectorHealthHealth insurance
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 16, 1999
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Makes any increase in the Federal minimum wage, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, inapplicable to the minimum wage of any employee whose employer: (1) increases the employer contribution to the cost of health insurance coverage for such employee in an amount equal to such increase during the period in which it is to take effect; and (2) had provided health insurance coverage for that employee before the date of that increase.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3409: To provide that employees of employers who provide certain increases in health insurance coverage will not be covered by an increase in the Federal minimum wage.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3409/
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"H.R. 3409: To provide that employees of employers who provide certain increases in health insurance coverage will not be covered by an increase in the Federal minimum wage.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3409/.
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H.R. 3409, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3409/.
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