HR 3409
106th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Minimum wages
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 16, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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