,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february 
#ab1 #bjad ,mr4 ,brown 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,harkin1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4        
,warren1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,merkley1  
,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mrs4    
,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4        
,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,ms4         
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,mr4 ,durbin1    
,mrs4 ,boxer1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 and ,mr4  
,franken7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,designating ,february    
#ac1 #bjad1 as 8#b4ac ,day04  ,whereas  
#b4ac per hour is the ,federal minimum  
wage that an employer is required to pay
 a tipped employee 7as defined in       
section #c7t7 of the ,fair ,labor       
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjc7t777 as a cash wage under section  
#c7m7 of such ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4       
#bjc7m77 7referred to in this preamble  
as the ,federal minimum wage for tipped 

employees72 ,whereas when the ,federal  
minimum wage for a tipped employee was  
established in #aiff1 such wage was     
linked to the ,federal minimum wage for 
a covered nonexempt employee under      
section #f7;a77#a7 of the ,fair ,labor  
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjf7;a77#a772 ,whereas while the       
,federal minimum wage for a covered     
nonexempt employee increased in #bjji1  
the ,federal minimum wage for a tipped  
employee has not changed in more than   
#bj years2 ,whereas in the #aihjs1 the  
,federal minimum wage for a tipped      
employee reached #fj percent of the     
,federal minimum wage for a covered     
nonexempt employee1 and in #bjad1 the   
,federal minimum wage for a tipped      
employee is only #bi percent of the     
#g4be per hour ,federal minimum wage for
 a covered nonexempt employee2 ,whereas 
tipped employees work in many           
occupations1 including working as       
restaurant servers1 airport attendants1 
hotel workers1 valets1 and salon        

workers2 ,whereas #b4ac per hour is such
 a low wage that tipped employees are   
dependent on the discretional           
contributions of consumers for the      
majority of their income2 ,whereas #g   
,states have #a minimum wage for both   
tipped employees and covered nonexempt  
employees1 and the restaurant industry  
has continued to thrive in such ,states2
 ,whereas in ,states with a minimum wage
 for a tipped employee that is higher   
than #b4ac per hour1 the poverty rate   
for tipped employees is lower than the  
poverty rate for tipped employees in    
,states without such a higher minimum   
wage for tipped employees2 ,whereas     
restaurant servers have a poverty rate  
that is #c times that of the general    
workforce and are nearly #b times more  
likely to depend on the supplemental    
nutrition assistance program established
 under the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of 
#bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq47 than 
the general workforce2 ,whereas ,states 
with a minimum wage for a tipped        

employee of #b4ac per hour have a       
poverty rate for employees of color that
 is nearly double that of ,states with  
the highest minimum wage for a tipped   
employee2 ,whereas women account for #ff
 percent of all tipped employees and #ga
 percent of restaurant servers2 ,whereas
 #a_/c of tipped employees are parents  
who work hard to support their families2
 ,whereas the ,bureau of ,labor         
,statistics projected that from #bjjh to
 #bjah1 the food preparation and serving
 sector1 as defined by the ,bureau1     
would add more than #a1jjj1jjj jobs2    
,whereas such food preparation and      
serving sector has the lowest median    
wages of the top #bj growth sectors2 and
 ,whereas raising the ,federal minimum  
wage for a tipped employee would provide
 hardworking people in the ,united      
,states with more just wages1 lift      
families in the ,united ,states out of  
poverty1 and provide economic security  
to tipped employees in the ,united      
,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that--

  7#a7 the ,senate designates ,thursday1
 ,february #ac1 #bjad1 as #b4ac ,day2   
and  7#b7 it is the sense of the ,senate
 that the cash wage that an employer is 
required to pay a tipped employee 7as   
defined in section #c7t7 of the ,fair   
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi    
,u4,s4,c4 #bjc7t777 under section #c7m7 
of such ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjc7m77    
should be increased to #gj percent of   
the ,federal minimum wage for a covered 
nonexempt employee under section        
#f7;a77#a7 of the ,fair ,labor          
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjf7;a77#a774