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S 2284 106th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Minimum wages Northern Mariana Islands Territories (U.S.)

Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2000

Introduced: March 23, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 27, 2000
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.
Mar 23, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Mar 23, 2000
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Mar 23, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1655-1656)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2000 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.65 an hour during the year beginning April 1, 2000; and (2) $6.15 an hour beginning April 1, 2001.

Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, following a specified transition phase-in.

What's happening now March 27, 2000

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3081 Related bill Small Business Tax Fairness Act of 2000
  • S 1832 Related bill Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1999
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 23, 2000
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 23, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2284: Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2284/
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