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To provide consequences to States that reduce their State minimum wage and to redirects Federal funding to those States to the neediest localities.

USA115th CongressHR-7374| House 
| Updated: 12/20/2018
Brenda Jones

Brenda Jones

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Cosponsors (1)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)

Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Minimum Wage Fairness Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Labor to identify each fiscal year any states that have reduced their minimum wage or that have reduced a minimum wage increase that would otherwise become effective. Labor must then notify federal agencies that administer programs in such states and such agencies must reduce the funding for the administrative costs of such programs by a percentage equivalent to the reduction in the minimum wage in such states.
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Timeline
Dec 20, 2018
Introduced in House
Dec 20, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • December 20, 2018
    Introduced in House
  • December 20, 2018
    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Labor and Employment

Housing and community development fundingLabor standardsState and local financeWages and earnings

To provide consequences to States that reduce their State minimum wage and to redirects Federal funding to those States to the neediest localities.

USA115th CongressHR-7374| House 
| Updated: 12/20/2018
Minimum Wage Fairness Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Labor to identify each fiscal year any states that have reduced their minimum wage or that have reduced a minimum wage increase that would otherwise become effective. Labor must then notify federal agencies that administer programs in such states and such agencies must reduce the funding for the administrative costs of such programs by a percentage equivalent to the reduction in the minimum wage in such states.
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Timeline
Dec 20, 2018
Introduced in House
Dec 20, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • December 20, 2018
    Introduced in House
  • December 20, 2018
    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Brenda Jones

Brenda Jones

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Cosponsors (1)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)

Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Labor and Employment

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Housing and community development fundingLabor standardsState and local financeWages and earnings