H.R. 5901: Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012
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H.R. 5901: Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012
112th Congress · introduced 2012-06-06 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-06-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012
Plain summary
Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase to $10.00 an hour (adjusted annually based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) the federal minimum wage for employees. Increases to $5.50 an hour (adjusted annually as necessary) the federal minimum wage for tipped employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish the increase in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website.
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Official text
Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] · 23 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Federal Register
- The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr5901.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr5901 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112