,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjai,mr4 
,rooney of ,florida introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,fair ,labor   
,standards ,act of #aich to provide for 
the adjustment of the minimum wage rate 
and to provide a regional minimum wage  
option1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,fight for a ,modern ,minimum ,wage 
,act4  #b4 ,amendments to the ,fair     
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich  7a7    
,minimum wage rate ,section #f7;a77#a7  
of the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of  
#aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf7;a77#a77 is   
amended to read as follows3  7#a7 except
 as otherwise provided in this section1 
not less than-- 7,a7 #h4ej an hour1     
beginning on ,january #a1 #bjbj2 and    
7,b7 beginning on the date that is #e   
years after the date under subparagraph 
7,a71 and quinquennially thereafter1 the

 amount determined by the ,secretary    
under subsection 7h72  4  7b7 ,wage rate
 adjustment and regional minimum wage   
,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  7#a7 ,not later    
than #a year before a new minimum wage  
rate determined under subsection        
7a77#a77;,b7 is to take effect1 the     
,secretary shall determine the minimum  
wage rate to be in effect pursuant to   
this subsection for the subsequent      
#e-year period4 ,the minimum wage rate  
determined pursuant to this subsection  
for a year shall be--  7,a7 not less    
than the amount in effect under         
subsection 7a77#a7 on the date of such  
determination2  7,b7 increased from such
 amount by the annual percentage        
increase in the ,consumer ,price ,index 
,research ,series ,using ,current       
,methods1 or its successor publication1 
as determined by the ,bureau of ,labor  
,statistics2 and  7,c7 rounded to the   

nearest multiple of #j4je4  7#b7 ,in    
calculating the annual percentage       
increase in the ,consumer ,price ,index 
,research ,series ,using ,current       
,methods for the purposes of paragraph  
7#a77;,b71 the ,secretary shall compare 
such ,consumer ,price ,index ,research  
,series ,using ,current ,methods for the
 most recent month1 quarter1 or year    
available 7as selected by the ,secretary
 prior to the first year for which a    
minimum wage is in effect pursuant to   
this subsection7 with the ,consumer     
,price ,index ,research ,series ,using  
,current ,methods for the same month in 
the last year in which the minimum wage 
rate under subsection 7a77#a7 was       
updated1 the same quarter in such year1 
or such year1 respectively4  7i7  7#a7  
,notwithstanding subsection 7a77#a71 the
 wage rate in effect under subsection   
7a7 for a ,state or locality shall be   
the regional minimum wage rate set by   
the ,secretary for such ,state or       
locality under paragraph 7#b7 with      

respect to such ,state or locality if-- 
7,a7 such ,state or locality opts for   
such regional minimum wage rate and     
notifies the ,secretary2 and  7,b7 such 
regional minimum wage rate is not less  
than the wage rate in effect under      
subsection 7a77#a74  7#b7  7,a7 ,not    
later than #a year before a new minimum 
wage rate determined under subsection   
7a77#a77;,b7 is to take effect1 the     
,secretary shall determine the regional 
minimum wage rate for each ,state and   
locality under this subsection4  7,b7   
,with respect to a ,state1 the regional 
minimum wage rate shall be equal to--   
7i7 the amount to take effect under     
subsection 7a77#a77;,b72  7ii7 adjusted 
by the percentage difference between the
 most recent regional price parity with 
respect to such ,state and the national 
price level1 published by the ,bureau of
 ,economic ,analysis of the ,department 
of ,commerce2 and  7iii7 rounded to the 
nearest multiple of #j4je4  7,c7 ,with  
respect to a locality1 the regional     

minimum wage rate shall be equal to--   
7i7 the amount to take effect under     
7a77#a77;,b72  7ii7 adjusted by the     
percentage difference between the most  
recent regional price parity with       
respect to the metropolitan statistical 
area in which such locality is located1 
or if the locality is not located within
 a metropolitan statistical area1 with  
respect to the ,state in which the      
locality is located1 and the national   
price level1 published by the ,bureau of
 ,economic ,analysis of the ,department 
of ,commerce2 and  7iii7 rounded to the 
nearest multiple of #j4je4  7#c7 ,a     
locality may not opt for the regional   
minimum wage under paragraph 7#a7--     
7,a7 if such locality is located in a   
,state with a law that prohibits any    
locality within such ,state from        
adopting a minimum wage rate that is    
higher than a specified rate2 and  7,b7 
such specified rate is less than the    
regional minimum wage rate for such     
locality determined by the ,secretary   

under paragraph 7#b74  4