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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1332
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL8, 2025
Mr. S
ANDERS(for himself, Ms. ALSOBROOKS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr.
B
LUMENTHAL, Ms. BLUNTROCHESTER, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CANTWELL,
Ms. D
UCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs.
G
ILLIBRAND, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KIM, Ms. KLO-
BUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.
P
ADILLA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SMITH,
Mr. V
ANHOLLEN, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr.
W
HITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
A BILL
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raise the Wage Act 4
of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor 2
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended 3
to read as follows: 4
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-5
tion, not less than— 6
‘‘(A) $9.50 an hour, beginning on the ef-7
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the 8
Wage Act of 2025; 9
‘‘(B) $11.00 an hour, beginning 1 year 10
after such effective date; 11
‘‘(C) $12.50 an hour, beginning 2 years 12
after such effective date; 13
‘‘(D) $14.00 an hour, beginning 3 years 14
after such effective date; 15
‘‘(E) $15.50 an hour, beginning 4 years 16
after such effective date; 17
‘‘(F) $17.00 an hour, beginning 5 years 18
after such effective date; and 19
‘‘(G) beginning on the date that is 6 years 20
after such effective date, and annually there-21
after, the amount determined by the Secretary 22
under subsection (h);’’. 23
(b) D
ETERMINATIONBASED ONINCREASE IN THE 24
M
EDIANHOURLYWAGE OFALLEMPLOYEES.—Section 25
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6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 1
206) is amended by adding at the end the following: 2
‘‘(h)(1) Not later than each date that is 90 days be-3
fore a new minimum wage determined under subsection 4
(a)(1)(G) is to take effect, the Secretary shall determine 5
the minimum wage to be in effect under this subsection 6
for each period described in subsection (a)(1)(G). The 7
wage determined under this subsection for a year shall 8
be— 9
‘‘(A) not less than the amount in effect under 10
subsection (a)(1) on the date of such determination; 11
‘‘(B) increased from such amount by the annual 12
percentage increase, if any, in the median hourly 13
wage of all employees as determined by the Bureau 14
of Labor Statistics; and 15
‘‘(C) rounded up to the nearest multiple of 16
$0.05, if the amount after applying subparagraphs 17
(A) and (B) is not a multiple of $0.05. 18
‘‘(2) In calculating the annual percentage increase in 19
the median hourly wage of all employees for purposes of 20
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary, through the Bureau of 21
Labor Statistics, shall compile data on the hourly wages 22
of all employees to determine such a median hourly wage 23
and compare such median hourly wage for the most recent 24
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year for which data are available with the median hourly 1
wage determined for the preceding year.’’. 2
SEC. 3. TIPPED EMPLOYEES. 3
(a) B
ASEMINIMUMWAGE FORTIPPEDEMPLOYEES 4
ANDTIPSRETAINED BY EMPLOYEES.—Section 5
3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 6
(29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)) is amended to read as fol-7
lows: 8
‘‘(i) the cash wage paid such employee, which 9
for purposes of such determination shall be not less 10
than— 11
‘‘(I) for the 1-year period beginning on the 12
effective date under section 7 of the Raise the 13
Wage Act of 2025, $6.00 an hour; 14
‘‘(II) $8.00 an hour, beginning 1 year 15
after such effective date; 16
‘‘(III) $10.00 an hour, beginning 2 years 17
after such effective date; 18
‘‘(IV) $12.00 an hour, beginning 3 years 19
after such effective date; 20
‘‘(V) $13.50 an hour, beginning 4 years 21
after such effective date; 22
‘‘(VI) $15.00 an hour, beginning 5 years 23
after such effective date; 24
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‘‘(VII) $17.00 an hour, beginning 6 years 1
after such effective date; and 2
‘‘(VIII) for each succeeding 1-year period 3
after the increase made pursuant to subclause 4
(VII), the minimum wage in effect under sec-5
tion 6(a)(1); and’’. 6
(b) T
IPSRETAINED BY EMPLOYEES.—Section 7
3(m)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 8
U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)) is amended— 9
(1) in the second sentence of the matter fol-10
lowing clause (ii), by striking ‘‘of this subsection, 11
and all tips received by such employee have been re-12
tained by the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘of this sub-13
section. Any employee shall have the right to retain 14
any tips received by such employee’’; and 15
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘An em-16
ployer shall inform each employee of the right and 17
exception provided under the preceding sentence.’’. 18
(c) S
CHEDULEDREPEAL OFSEPARATEMINIMUM 19
W
AGE FORTIPPEDEMPLOYEES.— 20
(1) T
IPPED EMPLOYEES .—Section 3(m)(2)(A) 21
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 22
203(m)(2)(A)), as amended by subsections (a) and 23
(b), is further amended by striking the sentence be-24
ginning with ‘‘In determining the wage an employer 25
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is required to pay a tipped employee,’’ and all that 1
follows through ‘‘of this subsection.’’ and inserting 2
‘‘The wage required to be paid to a tipped employee 3
shall be the wage set forth in section 6(a)(1).’’. 4
(2) P
UBLICATION OF NOTICE .—Subsection (i) 5
of section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 6
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), as added by section 5 and 7
amended by section 6(b)(1), is further amended by 8
striking ‘‘or in accordance with subclause (II) or 9
(III) of section 3(m)(2)(A)(i),’’. 10
(3) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 11
by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect on the 12
date that is 1 day after the date on which the hourly 13
wage under subclause (VIII) of section 3(m)(2)(A)(i) 14
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 15
203(m)(2)(A)(i)), as amended by subsection (a), 16
takes effect. 17
(d) P
ENALTIES.—Section 16 of the Fair Labor 18
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended— 19
(1) in the third sentence of subsection (b), by 20
inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’; and 21
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (e)(2), 22
by inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’. 23
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SEC. 4. NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LESS THAN 20 1
YEARS OLD. 2
(a) B
ASEMINIMUMWAGE FORNEWLYHIREDEM-3
PLOYEESWHOARELESSTHAN20 YEARSOLD.—Section 4
6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 5
U.S.C. 206(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘a wage which 6
is not less than $4.25 an hour.’’ and inserting the fol-7
lowing: ‘‘a wage at a rate that is not less than— 8
‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on the ef-9
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the Wage 10
Act of 2025, $6.00 an hour; 11
‘‘(B) for each succeeding 1-year period until the 12
hourly wage under this paragraph equals the wage 13
in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such period, an 14
hourly wage equal to the amount determined under 15
this paragraph for the preceding year, increased by 16
the lesser of— 17
‘‘(i) $1.75; or 18
‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the wage in 19
effect under this paragraph to equal the wage 20
in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such period; 21
and 22
‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period after the 23
increase made pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii), the 24
minimum wage in effect under section 6(a)(1).’’. 25
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(b) SCHEDULEDREPEAL OFSEPARATEMINIMUM 1
W
AGE FORNEWLYHIREDEMPLOYEESWHOARELESS 2
T
HAN20 YEARSOLD.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 6(g) of the Fair 4
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)), as 5
amended by subsection (a), shall be repealed. 6
(2) P
UBLICATION OF NOTICE .—Subsection (i) 7
of section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 8
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), as added by section 5 and 9
amended by sections 6(b)(1) and 3(c)(2), is further 10
amended by striking ‘‘or subparagraph (B) or (C) of 11
subsection (g)(1)’’. 12
(3) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal and amend-13
ment made by paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 14
shall take effect on the date that is 1 day after the 15
date on which the hourly wage under subparagraph 16
(C) of section 6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards 17
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)), as amended by 18
subsection (a), takes effect. 19
SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. 20
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 21
(29 U.S.C. 206), as amended by section 2(b), is further 22
amended by adding at the end the following: 23
‘‘(i) Not later than 60 days prior to the effective date 24
of any increase in the required wage determined under 25
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subsection (a)(1) or subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection 1
(g)(1), or in accordance with subclause (II) or (III) of sec-2
tion 3(m)(2)(A)(i) or section 14(c)(1)(A), the Secretary 3
shall publish in the Federal Register and on the website 4
of the Department of Labor a notice announcing each in-5
crease in such required wage.’’. 6
SEC. 6. PROMOTING ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR IN-7
DIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 8
(a) W
AGES.— 9
(1) T
RANSITION TO FAIR WAGES FOR INDIVID -10
UALS WITH DISABILITIES .—Subparagraph (A) of 11
section 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 12
1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)) is amended to read as 13
follows: 14
‘‘(A) at a rate that equals or exceeds, for each 15
year, the greater of— 16
‘‘(i)(I) $5.00 an hour, beginning on the ef-17
fective date under section 7 of the Raise the 18
Wage Act of 2025; 19
‘‘(II) $7.50 an hour, beginning 1 year 20
after such effective date; 21
‘‘(III) $10.00 an hour, beginning 2 years 22
after such effective date; 23
‘‘(IV) $12.50 an hour, beginning 3 years 24
after such effective date; 25
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‘‘(V) $15.50 an hour, beginning 4 years 1
after such effective date; and 2
‘‘(VI) the wage rate in effect under section 3
6(a)(1), beginning 5 years after such effective 4
date; or 5
‘‘(ii) if applicable, the wage rate in effect 6
on the day before the date of enactment of the 7
Raise the Wage Act of 2025 for the employ-8
ment, under a special certificate issued under 9
this paragraph, of the individual for whom the 10
wage rate is being determined under this sub-11
paragraph,’’. 12
(2) P
ROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFI -13
CATES; TRANSITION ASSISTANCE.— 14
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Section 14(c) of the 15
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 16
214(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 17
following: 18
‘‘(6) P
ROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFI -19
CATES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Sec-20
retary shall not issue a special certificate under this 21
subsection to an employer that was not issued a spe-22
cial certificate under this subsection before the date 23
of enactment of the Raise the Wage Act of 2025. 24
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‘‘(7) TRANSITION ASSISTANCE.—Upon request, 1
the Secretary shall provide— 2
‘‘(A) technical assistance and information 3
to employers issued a special certificate under 4
this subsection for the purposes of— 5
‘‘(i) assisting such employers to com-6
ply with this subsection, as amended by 7
the Raise the Wage Act of 2025; and 8
‘‘(ii) ensuring continuing employment 9
opportunities for individuals with disabil-10
ities receiving a special minimum wage 11
rate under this subsection; and 12
‘‘(B) information to individuals employed 13
at a special minimum wage rate under this sub-14
section, which may include referrals to Federal 15
or State entities with expertise in competitive 16
integrated employment.’’. 17
(B) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 18
made by this paragraph shall take effect on the 19
date of enactment of this Act. 20
(3) S
UNSET.—Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor 21
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)), as 22
amended by paragraph (2), is further amended by 23
adding at the end the following: 24
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‘‘(8) SUNSET.—Beginning on the day after the 1
date on which the wage rate described in paragraph 2
(1)(A)(i)(VI) takes effect, the authority to issue spe-3
cial certificates under paragraph (1) shall expire, 4
and no special certificates issued under paragraph 5
(1) shall have any legal effect.’’. 6
(b) P
UBLICATION OFNOTICE.— 7
(1) A
MENDMENT.—Subsection (i) of section 6 8
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 9
206), as added by section 5, is amended by striking 10
‘‘or section 14(c)(1)(A)’’. 11
(2) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 12
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the day after 13
the date on which the wage rate described in para-14
graph (1)(A)(i)(VI) of section 14(c) of the Fair 15
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)), as 16
amended by subsection (a)(1), takes effect. 17
SEC. 7. GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE. 18
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and 19
the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 20
first day of the third month that begins after the date 21
of the enactment of this Act. 22
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