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H.R. 2 110th Congress House

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

Introduced: January 5, 2007 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Minimum wagesNorthern Mariana Islands
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 Everywhere this bill has been 38 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 1, 2007
Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 3. Record Vote Number: 42. (text: CR S1500-1511)
Feb 1, 2007
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 3. Record Vote Number: 42.(text: CR S1500-1511)
Feb 1, 2007
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1483, S1488-1512)
Jan 31, 2007
Cloture on the bill invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 88 - 8. Record Vote Number: 39. (consideration: CR S1380; text: CR S1380)
Jan 31, 2007
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1364-1380)
Jan 30, 2007
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1307-1319)
Jan 29, 2007
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1267-1277)
Jan 26, 2007
Considered by Senate. (CR S1212-1213, S1216-1227, S1229, S1231-1232)
Jan 26, 2007
Second cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1232; text: CR S1232)
Jan 25, 2007
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1136-1158, S1159-1176, S1177-1182)
Jan 24, 2007
Cloture on the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 23. (consideration: CR S1020; text: CR S1020)
Jan 24, 2007
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1011-1026, S1026-1031, S1035-1048)
Jan 23, 2007
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S880-886, S886-888, S888-897, S897-904)
Jan 22, 2007
Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S821; text: CR S821)
Jan 22, 2007
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S791-794, S794-806, S818-820, S821)
Jan 11, 2007
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
Jan 10, 2007
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jan 10, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 10, 2007
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 315 - 116 (Roll no. 18). (text: CR H260)
Jan 10, 2007
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 144 - 287 (Roll no. 17).
Jan 10, 2007
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H307)
Jan 10, 2007
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment inserting a new subsection relating to minimum wage for employers providing employees certain health care benefits.
Jan 10, 2007
Mr. McKeon moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor. (consideration: CR H306-307)
Jan 10, 2007
On motion to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 232 - 197 (Roll no. 16).
Jan 10, 2007
Mr. Miller, George moved to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair (consideration: CR H305-306)
Jan 10, 2007
Mr. McKeon appealed the ruling of the chair.
Jan 10, 2007
Mr. Miller, George raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. Mr. George Miller stated that provisions contained in the motion to recommit with instructions are outside the parameters of the bill and are not germane. Sustained by the Chair.
Jan 10, 2007
Point of order sustained against the motion to recommit with instructions. (consideration: CR H305)
Jan 10, 2007
Mr. McKeon moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor. (consideration: CR H298-305; text: CR H298-305)
Jan 10, 2007
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H298)
Jan 10, 2007
DEBATE - The House continued with debate on H.R. 2.
Jan 10, 2007
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H289-308)
Jan 10, 2007
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 6, the Chair announced that further consideration of H.R. 2 will continue later in the legislative day.
Jan 10, 2007
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 6, the House proceeded with 3 hours of debate on H.R. 2.
Jan 10, 2007
Considered pursuant to H. Res. 6. (consideration: CR H260-288)
Jan 5, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 5, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E32)
Jan 5, 2007
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 128

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

14 agreed to 1 failed 83 with no recorded outcome 30 withdrawn or other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 221 Durbin, Richard J. To change the enactment date. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 210 – To provide for the permanent extension of increased expensing for small businesses, the depreciation treatmen… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 209 – To extend through December 31, 2012, the increased expensing for small businesses. Agreed to Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 203 – To enable employees to use employee option time. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 201 Sanders, Bernard To express the sense of the Senate concerning poverty. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 195 – To provide for an exemption to a minimum wage increase for certain employers who contribute to their employee… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 169 – To prevent identity theft by allowing the sharing of social security data among government agencies for immig… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 167 – To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 162 – To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding the minimum wage. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 161 – To prohibit the use of flexible schedules by Federal employees unless such flexible schedule benefits are mad… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 160 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 159 – To protect individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and used for lobbying by a labor organ… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 157 – To increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount that is based on applicable State minimum wages. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 156 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria p… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 155 – To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance co… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 153 – To preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers, including those making minimum wage, an… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 152 – To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 138 Cornyn, John To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax conseq… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 135 Cornyn, John To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Federal unemployment surtax. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 128 – To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program to provide regu… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 115 – To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space im… Ruled out of order Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 110 – To amend title 44 of the United States Code, to provide for the suspension of fines under certain circumstanc… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 105 – To clarify the house parent exemption to certain wage and hour requirements. Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 101 – To provide Congress a second look at wasteful spending by establishing enhance rescission authority under fas… Withdrawn Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 100 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Jan 31, 2007
SAMDT 118 – To provide minimum wage rates for agricultural workers. Withdrawn Jan 30, 2007
SAMDT 207 – To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should repeal the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benef… Agreed to Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 206 – To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should make permanent the tax incentives to make education m… Agreed to Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 205 – To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space im… Agreed to Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 204 Collins, Susan M. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and increase the above-the-line deduction fo… Agreed to Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 158 – To increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount that is based on applicable State minimum wages. Ruled out of order Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 154 – To improve access to affordable health care. Ruled out of order Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 148 – To prohibit employers who unlawfully employ aliens from receiving government contracts. Agreed to Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 119 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits. Ruled out of order Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 113 – To make permanent certain education-related tax incentives. Ruled out of order Jan 25, 2007
SAMDT 187 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Jan 24, 2007
SAMDT 127 – To amend the Buy American Act to require each Federal agency to submit reports regarding purchases of items m… Agreed to Jan 24, 2007
SAMDT 116 – To afford States the rights and flexibility to determine minimum wage. Failed Jan 24, 2007
SAMDT 112 – To prevent the closure and defunding of certain women's business centers. Agreed to Jan 24, 2007
SAMDT 104 Wyden, Ron To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. Withdrawn Jan 24, 2007
SAMDT 108 – To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to study the costs and barriers to businesses if the advance earne… Agreed to Jan 23, 2007
SAMDT 107 – To impose additional requirements to ensure greater use of the advance payment of the earned income credit an… Withdrawn Jan 23, 2007
SAMDT 106 – To express the sense of the Senate that increasing personal savings is a necessary step toward ensuring the e… Agreed to Jan 23, 2007
SAMDT 103 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Jan 23, 2007
SAMDT 102 – To establish a small business child care grant program. Agreed to Jan 23, 2007
SAMDT 228 – – No recorded outcome –
SAMDT 227 – – No recorded outcome –
SAMDT 226 – – No recorded outcome –
SAMDT 225 – – No recorded outcome –
SAMDT 224 – – No recorded outcome –

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 Latest action February 1, 2007

Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 3. Record Vote Number: 42. (text: CR S1500-1511)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.

Applies federal minimum wage requirements to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage in the Commonwealth shall be gradually increased to equal the federal minimum wage.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • S 2 Identical bill Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
  • HR 239 Working Americans Growing the Economy (WAGE) Act of 2007
  • HR 509 Minimum Wage for All Americans Act
  • HR 2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
  • S 347 Minimum Wage Act of 2007
  • HRES 6 Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 53
All 53 Democratic 47 Republican 1
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 10, 2007
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Costa, Jim
California · Jan 9, 2007
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 9, 2007
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 5, 2007
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Jan 5, 2007
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 5, 2007
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jan 5, 2007
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 5, 2007
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 5, 2007
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jan 5, 2007
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 5, 2007
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 5, 2007
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jan 5, 2007
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 5, 2007
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jan 5, 2007
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 5, 2007
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jan 5, 2007
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Jan 5, 2007
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jan 5, 2007
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Green, Al
Texas · Jan 5, 2007
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jan 5, 2007
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jan 5, 2007
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 5, 2007
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 5, 2007
LAMPSON, NICK
· Jan 5, 2007
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jan 5, 2007
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 5, 2007
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 5, 2007
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jan 5, 2007
Mahoney, Tim
· Jan 5, 2007
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 5, 2007
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jan 5, 2007
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 5, 2007
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 5, 2007
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 5, 2007
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jan 5, 2007
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 5, 2007
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 5, 2007
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 5, 2007
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jan 5, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 5, 2007
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jan 5, 2007
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jan 5, 2007
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Sherman, Brad
California · Jan 5, 2007
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 5, 2007
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 5, 2007
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jan 5, 2007
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Thompson, Mike
California · Jan 5, 2007
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jan 5, 2007
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 5, 2007
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