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S 4981 119th Congress Senate

A bill to place Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all…

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A bill to place Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 14, 2026 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Jul 14, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 14, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4981: A bill to place Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4981/
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"S. 4981: A bill to place Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4981/.
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S. 4981, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4981/.
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[S. 4981: A bill to place Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4981/)
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