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HR 1346 113th Congress House

Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to index future increases to such wage to increases in the consumer price index.

Introduced: July 30, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Mar 21, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 21, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase to $10.50 an hour (adjusted annually based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) the federal minimum wage for employees.

Prescribes the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to be 70% of the federal minimum wage in effect for employees.

Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish the increase in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website.

Revises the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of agricultural employees to eliminate (and so subject to such requirements) all agricultural employees except those who are members of the employer's immediate family.

Eliminates from that same exemption (and thereby subject to such requirements) any employee employed in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 10, 2013
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 30, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 30, 2013
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 25, 2013
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 25, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 17, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Jun 3, 2013
LEWIS, JOHN
· May 22, 2013
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 16, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1346: Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1346/
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