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POSITIVE Labor 118th Congress

H.R.4889 Raise the Wage Act

Raises the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $17 per hour over several years (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Federal minimum wage frozen since 2009; FLSA § 6 establishes the minimum wage framework.

29 U.S.C. § 206 (FLSA)
  • DOL Wage and Hour Division — 29 U.S.C. § 206 (FLSA minimum wage framework), official text

Raise the Wage Act — increases federal minimum wage. The federal minimum wage ($7.25) has not increased since 2009 and has lost 27% of its purchasing power to documented inflation.