Key Votes
HR 1227 - Minimum Wage Increase - Key Vote
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- HR 1227 - Minimum Wage Increase
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (281-144) - May 23, 1996 (Key vote)
Title: Minimum Wage Increase
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that changes requirements regarding rates of pay.
Highlights:
- Eliminates an existing labor law requiring employers to pay employees for their commuting time if they use company-owned cars.
- Increases the minimum wage rate to $4.75 per hour beginning June 30, 1996, and increases it to $5.15 per hour beginning July 1, 1997.
- Allows an employer to pay $4.25 per hour to an employee under the age of 20 years old during their first 90 days of employment.
- Exempts certain computer professionals earning more than $27.63 per hour from minimum wage and overtime requirements.
Sponsors
- Harris W. Fawell (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- William Reynolds 'Bill' Archer (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- William E. 'Bill' Barrett (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Lynn Christensen (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Bud' Cramer (AL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Randall H. 'Duke' Cunningham (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Vernon J. 'Vern' Ehlers (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY - D)
- David Funderburk (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- James C. 'Jim' Greenwood (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Peter 'Pete' Hoekstra (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Y. Tim Hutchinson (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Andrew 'Andy' Jacobs Jr. (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel Robert 'Sam' Johnson (TX - R)
- John Linder (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jan Meyers (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dan Miller (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank James 'Jim' Sensenbrenner Jr. (WI - R)
- James T. 'Jim' Walsh (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Weldon (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
