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H.R. 2429: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005

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H.R. 2429: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005

109th Congress · introduced 2005-05-18 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7501)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-05-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7501) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005

Plain summary

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day. Makes federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage there shall be gradually increased to equal the federal minimum wage.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · 144 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2429, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 (2006-12-29); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2429, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 (2006-12-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT) and 84 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr2429 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109