,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ac1 #bjac 
,ms4 ,edwards 7for herself1 ,ms4        
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,ms4 ,lee of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4        
,hastings of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,linda ,t4  
,snchez of ,california1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1  
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4       
,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1  
,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1 ,mr4 ,rush1    
,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4       
,enyart1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,brady of   
,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1
 and ,mrs4 ,negrete ,mc,leod7 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
 establish a base minimum wage for      
tipped employees4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,working 
for ,adequate ,gains for ,employment in 
,services ,act or the ,,wages ,act4  #b4
 ,base 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 by adding before
 the semicolon the following3  1 except 
that1 for purposes of this paragraph1   
the cash wage paid such employee shall  
be not less than-- 7,a7 #c4ge an hour   
beginning #ij days after the date of    
enactment of the ,working for ,adequate 
,gains for ,employment in ,services     
,act2  7,b7 #e4jj an hour beginning #a  
year after the date on which the change 
required by subparagraph 7,a7 takes     
effect2 and  7,c7 beginning #b years    
after the date on which the change      
required by subparagraph 7,a7 takes     
effect and adjusted as necessary        
thereafter1 #gj percent of the wage in  
effect under section #f7;a77#a7 but in  
no case less than #e4ej an hour4  4  #c4
 ,publication of notice ,section #f of  
the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of     
#aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf7 is amended by
 adding at the end the following3  7h7  
,not later than #aj days prior to the   

effective date of any increase in the   
minimum wage for tipped employees in    
accordance with section #c7m77#a71 the  
,secretary shall publish 7in the        
,federal ,register and on the ,internet 
website of the ,department of ,labor7 a 
notice announcing the adjusted required 
wage4  4