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HR 122 118th Congress House

Original Living Wage Act

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.

Introduced: January 9, 2023 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Housing finance and home ownershipLabor standardsWages and earnings
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 9, 2023
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Original Living Wage Act

This bill increases the federal minimum wage to the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 25.5% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a four-person household, with two children under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states. (Under current poverty thresholds, the national minimum wage would be set at approximately $15.64 per hour.)

The Department of Labor must determine the minimum wage rate by June 1, 2023, and review it every four years. Labor may not adjust the minimum wage to a lower rate.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 122: Original Living Wage Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-122/
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"H.R. 122: Original Living Wage Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-122/.
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H.R. 122, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-122/.
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