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Minimum Wage Fairness Act

3/14/2024, 12:48 PM

Congressional Summary of S 1737

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.

Current Status of Bill S 1737

Bill S 1737 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since November 19, 2013. Bill S 1737 was introduced during Congress 113 and was introduced to the Senate on November 19, 2013.  Bill S 1737's most recent activity was Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2043) as of April 2, 2014

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1737

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
39
Democrat Cosponsors
38
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
1

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1737

Primary Policy Focus

Labor and Employment

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Business investment and capital
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Labor
- Food industry and services
- Income tax deductions
- Inflation and prices
- Labor standards
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Wages and earnings

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1737

Minimum Wage Fairness Act
Minimum Wage Fairness Act
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.

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