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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 10294 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10294

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
                                 wage.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2026

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
                                 wage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Pay for American Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.

    (a) In General.--Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not 
        less than--
                    ``(A) $15.00 an hour, beginning on January 1, 2027;
                    ``(B) $17.50 an hour, beginning on January 1, 2028;
                    ``(C) $20.00 an hour, beginning on January 1, 2029; 
                and
                    ``(D) beginning on January 1, 2030, and annually 
                thereafter, the amount determined by the Secretary 
                under subsection (h).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Minimum Wage Based on the Median Wage.--
            ``(1) In general.--Prior to the date that a new minimum 
        wage determined under subsection (a)(1)(D) is to take effect, 
        the Secretary shall determine the minimum wage rate to be in 
        effect under this subsection for each year described in 
        subsection (a)(1)(D). The wage rate determined under this 
        subsection for a year shall be--
                    ``(A) not less than the amount in effect under 
                subsection (a)(1) on the date of the determination;
                    ``(B) increased from such amount by the annual 
                percentage increase, if any, in the median hourly wage 
                of all employees as determined by the Bureau of Labor 
                Statistics;
                    ``(C) rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05, if 
                the amount determined under this subsection is not a 
                multiple of $0.05.
            ``(2) Annual percentage increase.--In calculating the 
        annual percentage increase in such median hourly wage, the 
        Secretary, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall 
        determine the median hourly wage of all employees for the most 
        recent year for which data are available and compare such 
        median hourly wage with the median hourly wage determined for 
        the preceding year.''.
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Better Pay for American Workers Act

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