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S. 1737 113th Congress Senate

Minimum Wage Fairness Act

Official title: A bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.

Introduced: January 7, 2014 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBusiness investment and capitalComputers and information technologyDepartment of Labor
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Food industry and servicesIncome tax deductionsInflation and pricesLabor standardsRetail and wholesale tradesWages and earnings
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 2, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2043)
Apr 1, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1883)
Mar 31, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1860)
Nov 20, 2013
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 250.
Nov 19, 2013
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Nov 19, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 2, 2014

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2043)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Minimum Wage Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.20 an hour beginning on the first day of the sixth month after the enactment of this Act, (2) $9.15 an hour beginning one year after the date of such initial increase, (3) $10.10 an hour beginning two years after such date, and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) beginning three years after such date and annually thereafter.

Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year beginning on the first day of the sixth month after the enactment of this Act. Provides a formula for subsequent annual adjustments of the minimum wage for tipped employees until it equals 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees.

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

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through taxable years beginning before 2017: (1) the increase to $500,000 of the expensing allowance for business assets, including computer software; and (2) the treatment of qualified real property (i.e., leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property) as depreciable business property.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1737: Minimum Wage Fairness Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1737/
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"S. 1737: Minimum Wage Fairness Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1737/.
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S. 1737, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1737/.
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