Give America a Raise Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill rewrites several Fair Labor Standards Act wage floors. The regular minimum wage would rise to $10, then $13, then $16.50, then $20, and after year four would be indexed annually by the larger of CPI-U or GDP growth, rounded up to the nearest five cents. Tipped workers would move from a $6 cash wage to $20 over six years and then receive the regular minimum wage while retaining tips. The youth subminimum wage and section 14(c) disability certificate wage would phase up and then sunset. The Secretary of Labor must publish advance notices and provide transition assistance for 14(c) employers and workers with disabilities.
Who Benefits and How
Minimum wage workers, tipped employees, newly hired young workers, and workers with disabilities benefit from higher statutory cash wages and the eventual elimination of separate subminimum wage categories. Workers with disabilities also benefit from information and referrals toward competitive integrated employment. The Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Bureau of Economic Analysis gain a clear indexing formula that ties annual increases to published economic measures.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Restaurant employers, retail employers, youth employers, and 14(c) certificate employers must pay higher wage floors, disclose tipped-worker rights, absorb higher labor costs, and adapt as subminimum categories disappear. The Department of Labor must determine annual indexed wages 90 days before they take effect, publish Federal Register and website notices 60 days before increases, stop issuing new 14(c) certificates, provide transition assistance, and enforce expanded tip-retention language. BLS and BEA data become operational inputs for wage setting.
Key Provisions
- Raises the regular FLSA minimum wage to $10, $13, $16.50, and $20 over the first three years.
- Indexes future minimum wage increases to the greater of CPI-U growth or GDP growth.
- Phases tipped employee cash wages up to the full regular minimum wage while preserving tip retention rights.
- Raises and then repeals the youth subminimum wage for newly hired employees under age 20.
- Raises section 14(c) disability subminimum wages, bars new certificates, provides transition assistance, and sunsets certificate authority.
- Requires Labor Department notices before wage increases take effect.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Raises the federal minimum wage to $20 over three years, indexes it thereafter to the larger of CPI-U or GDP growth, phases tipped, youth, and disability subminimum wages up to the regular minimum wage, and requires Labor Department wage notices and transition assistance.
Key Policy Areas
labor, wages, disability_employment
Primary Purpose
Raises the federal minimum wage to $20 over three years, indexes it thereafter to the larger of CPI-U or GDP growth, phases tipped, youth, and disability subminimum wages up to the regular minimum wage, and requires Labor Department wage notices and transition assistance.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Minimum wage workers
- Tipped employees
- Young workers
- Workers with disabilities
- Department of Labor wage administrators
Identified Costs
- Restaurant employers
- Retail employers
- Youth employers
- 14(c) certificate employers
- Department of Labor
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Mr. Norcross introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
14(c) certificate employers, Employers, Minimum wage workers
Positive-direction: Employers, Minimum wage workers, Tipped employees, Workers, Workers with disabilities, Young workers
Negative-direction: 14(c) certificate employers
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "workers"
- → ['Minimum wage workers', 'Tipped employees', 'Workers with disabilities']
- "agencies"
- → ['Department of Labor', 'Bureau of Labor Statistics', 'Bureau of Economic Analysis']
- "employers"
- → ['Restaurant employers', 'Retail employers', '14(c) certificate employers']
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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