,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,grayson introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich to
 provide for an increase in the ,federal
 minimum wage and to index future       
increases to such wage to increases in  
the consumer price index4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,catching ,up ,to #aifh ,act of #bjac4  
#b4 ,increases in the ,federal minimum  
wage  7a7 ,minimum wage ,section        
#f7;a77#a7 of the ,fair ,labor          
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjf7;a77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 in the 
matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by  
striking not less than-- and inserting  
not less than the greater of--2  7#b7 by
 striking subparagraphs 7,a7 through    
7,c7 and inserting the following3  7,a7 
#aj4ej an hour2 and  7,b7 beginning #a  

year after the wage provided for in     
subparagraph 7,a7 takes effect and each 
year thereafter1 the wage determined by 
the ,secretary that raises the wage of  
the preceding year in proportion to the 
increase in the ,consumer ,price ,index 
for all urban consumers for the         
preceding year1 and maintains the wage  
of the previous year should the         
,consumer ,price ,index decrease4  4    
7b7 ,minimum wage for tipped employees  
,section #c7m77#a7 of the ,fair ,labor  
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjc7m77#a77 is amended to read as      
follows3  7#a7 the cash wage paid such  
employee shall be #gj percent of the    
minimum wage in effect under section    
#f7;a77#a72 and  4  7c7 ,publication of 
wages ,section #f of the ,fair ,labor   
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjf7 is further amended by adding after
 subsection 7b7 the following3  7c7 ,not
 later than #fj days prior to the       
effective date of any increase in the   
minimum wage pursuant to subsection     

7a77#a77;,b7 or increase in the minimum 
wage for tipped employees in accordance 
with section #c7m77#a71 the ,secretary  
shall publish in the ,federal ,register 
and on the ,internet website of the     
,department of ,labor a notice          
announcing the adjusted required wage or
 wages4  4  7d7 ,amended ,farmworker    
exemption ,section #ac7;a77#f7 of the   
,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich   
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bac7;a77#f77 is amended 
to read as follows3  7#f7 any employee  
employed in agriculture if such employee
 is a member of the employer's immediate
 family2 or  4  7e7 ,elimination of home
 healthcare worker exemption ,section   
#ac7;a77#ae7 of the ,fair ,labor        
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bac7;a77#ae77 is amended by striking or
 any employee employed in domestic      
service employment to provide           
companionship services for individuals  
who 7because of age or infirmity7 are   
unable to care for themselves 7as such  
terms are defined and delimited by      

regulations of the ,secretary74  7f7    
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 shall take      
effect #fj days after the date of       
enactment of this ,act4