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H.R. 631: WAGES Act

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H.R. 631: WAGES Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-10 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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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What does this mean?

Official title

WAGES Act

Plain summary

Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act or WAGES Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees of at least: (1) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act; (2) $5.00 an hour beginning one year after the change in paragraph one takes effect; and (3) beginning two years after the change in paragraph two takes effect, and adjusted as necessary thereafter, 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA but in no case less than $5.50 an hour.

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

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Official text

WAGES Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] · 34 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Rick Larsen (D-WA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr631 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112