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Legal & Constitutional Grounding
FLSA minimum wage frozen at $7.25 since 2009; bill phases increase to $17 by 2028.
29 U.S.C. § 206 (FLSA)
- DOL Wage and Hour Division — 29 U.S.C. § 206 (FLSA minimum wage framework), official text
Bill activity
Introduced Apr 8, 2025 by Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) with 145 original cosponsors. 177 cosponsors as of Oct 6, 2026.
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) is listed as a cosponsor, added Apr 8, 2025, on the day of introduction.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Latest action Apr 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cosponsors during the cosponsorship window
119th Congress (Jan 2025 to Jan 2027)
Democratic 177
Each dot is one cosponsor. Dots stack by sign-on day, or by week when the window is long. The block at the left holds the original cosponsors.
Still open as of Oct 16, 2026 (119th Congress): not yet reported by the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Activity log
Votes on this bill
No recorded votes yet on this measure.
Cosponsors
177 cosponsored
Who Lobbied on This Bill
$1.1M
combined quarterly activity
2
lobbying firms
2
clients represented
2025-first_quarter–2025-second_quarter
filing period
- Policy Areas Covered
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Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
- Government Entities Lobbied
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- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Who Hired the Lobbyists
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NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND
social welfare organization to promote equal rights and opportunities for women
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AFL-CIO
Source: Senate LDA filings
· Dollar figures are combined quarterly totals for all lobbying by each firm, not bill-specific spend.
Raise the Wage Act reintroduction. Inflation has further eroded the real value of the federal minimum wage, which has not increased in 16 years.