Raise the Wage Act

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205 cosponsors · 205 D

D Wasserman Schultz PW

188 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Jan 16, 2019
House Passed Jul 18, 2019 231–199

The bill eliminates the separate minimum wage requirements for tipped and newly hired employees. After a specified period, these employees shall be paid the same minimum wage as regular employees.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jul 18, 2019

Raise the Wage Act

(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage for regular employees over a 7-year period, for tipped employees, and for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old.

The bill eliminates the separate minimum wage requirements for tipped and newly hired employees. After a specified period, these employees shall be paid the same minimum wage as regular employees.

(Sec. 6) The bill sets forth a schedule of annual increases in the federal minimum wage for individuals with disabilities. The Department of Labor shall no longer issue special certificates for the payment of subminimum wages to such individuals after the final wage increase under this bill for such individuals takes effect.

Labor shall provide, upon request, technical assistance and information to employers to (1) help them transition their practices to comply with wage increases and other requirements under this bill for individuals with disabilities, and (2) ensure continuing employment opportunities for such individuals.

The bill eliminates the separate minimum wage requirements for disabled employees. After a specified period, these employees shall be paid the same minimum wage as regular employees.

(Sec. 7) Labor must publish any increase in the minimum wage in the Federal Register and on its website 60 days before it takes effect.

(Sec. 8) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must submit a report to Congress, with respect to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, that (1) assesses the status and structure of the economy of the Northern Mariana Islands, and (2) for each year in which a wage increase will take effect, estimates the proportion of employees who will be directly affected by each such increase taking effect for that year.

(Sec. 9) The GAO must also report on the impact of the first and second wage increases on business enterprises.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Jul 18, 2019 · 231 Yea – 199 Nay Passage Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Raise the Wage Act

Latest action (Jul 22, 2019): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 16, 2019

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House Introduced Jan 16, 2019
House Passed Jul 18, 2019 231–199

Final vote · House · Jul 18, 2019

Passage — Passed. Vote details

Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi

Aye231

D Wasserman Schultz FW

No199

R McMorris Rodgers BS

Not Voting3

Table of every position

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	No
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	No
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	No
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	No
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	No
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	No
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	No
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Aye
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	No
J. Hill	R	AR-2	No
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	No
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	No
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Aye
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-2	Aye
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Aye
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	No
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	No
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	No
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Aye
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	No
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-9	Aye
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	No
Josh Harder	D	CA-10	Aye
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Aye
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-12	Aye
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Aye
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Aye
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Aye
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Aye
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Aye
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Aye
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Aye
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Aye
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Aye
TJ Cox	D	CA-21	Aye
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	No
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	No
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Aye
Katie Hill	D	CA-25	Aye
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Aye
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Aye
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Aye
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Aye
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Aye
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Aye
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Aye
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Aye
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Aye
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Aye
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Aye
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Aye
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Aye
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Aye
Gilbert Cisneros	D	CA-39	Aye
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	No
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Aye
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Aye
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	No
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Aye
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Aye
Katie Porter	D	CA-45	Aye
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Aye
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Aye
Harley Rouda	D	CA-48	Aye
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Aye
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Aye
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	No
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Aye
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Aye
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Aye
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Aye
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Aye
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	No
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Aye
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Aye
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Aye
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	No
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	No
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	No
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Aye
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Aye
John Larson	D	CT-1	Aye
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Aye
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Aye
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Aye
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Aye
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Aye
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	No
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Aye
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	No
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	No
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	Aye
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Aye
Ross Spano	R	FL-15	No
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	No
W. Steube	R	FL-17	No
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	No
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Aye
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	No
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Aye
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Aye
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	Aye
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Aye
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Aye
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	No
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	D	FL-26	Aye
Donna Shalala	D	FL-27	Aye
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	No
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	No
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Aye
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	No
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Aye
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	No
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Aye
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	No
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	No
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	No
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	No
David Scott	D	GA-13	Aye
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	No
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Aye
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	No
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Aye
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Aye
Lucy McBath	D	GA-6	Aye
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	No
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	No
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	No
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Aye
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Not Voting
Abby Finkenauer	D	IA-1	Aye
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Aye
Cynthia Axne	D	IA-3	Aye
Steve King	R	IA-4	No
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	No
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	No
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Aye
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Aye
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Aye
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	No
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	No
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Aye
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	No
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	No
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Aye
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	No
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Aye
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Aye
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Aye
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Aye
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Aye
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Aye
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Aye
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Aye
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Aye
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	No
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	No
James Baird	R	IN-4	No
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	No
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	No
André Carson	D	IN-7	Aye
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	No
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	No
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	No
Steven Watkins	R	KS-2	No
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Aye
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	No
James Comer	R	KY-1	No
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	No
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Aye
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	No
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	No
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	No
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	No
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Aye
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	No
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	No
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	No
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Aye
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Aye
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Aye
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Aye
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Aye
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Aye
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Aye
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Aye
William Keating	D	MA-9	Aye
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	No
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Aye
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Aye
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Aye
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Aye
David Trone	D	MD-6	Aye
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Aye
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Aye
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Aye
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Aye
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	No
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	No
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Aye
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Aye
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-13	Aye
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Aye
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	No
Justin Amash	I	MI-3	No
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	No
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Aye
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	No
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	No
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-8	Aye
Andy Levin	D	MI-9	Aye
Jim Hagedorn	R	MN-1	No
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Aye
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Aye
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Aye
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Aye
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	No
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Aye
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	No
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Aye
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	No
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	No
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	No
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Aye
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	No
Billy Long	R	MO-7	No
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	No
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	No
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Aye
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	No
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	No
Greg Gianforte	R	MT-AL	No
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Aye
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	No
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	No
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Aye
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	No
George Holding	R	NC-2	No
David Price	D	NC-4	Aye
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	No
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	No
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	No
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	No
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	No
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Not Voting
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	No
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	No
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Aye
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Aye
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Aye
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Aye
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Aye
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Aye
Jefferson Van Drew	D	NJ-2	Aye
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Aye
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Aye
Tom Malinowski	D	NJ-7	Aye
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Aye
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Aye
Debra Haaland	D	NM-1	Aye
Xochitl Torres Small	D	NM-2	No
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Aye
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Aye
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	No
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Aye
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Aye
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	No
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Aye
Max Rose	D	NY-11	Aye
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Aye
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Aye
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Aye
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Aye
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Aye
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Aye
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Aye
Antonio Delgado	D	NY-19	Aye
Pete King	R	NY-2	No
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Aye
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	No
Anthony Brindisi	D	NY-22	No
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	No
John Katko	R	NY-24	No
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Aye
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Aye
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	No
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Aye
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Aye
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Aye
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Aye
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Aye
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Aye
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Aye
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	No
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	No
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Aye
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	No
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Aye
David Joyce	R	OH-14	No
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	No
Anthony Gonzalez	R	OH-16	No
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	No
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Aye
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	No
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	No
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	No
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	No
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	No
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Aye
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	No
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	No
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	No
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	No
Kendra Horn	D	OK-5	No
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Aye
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	No
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Aye
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Aye
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	No
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Aye
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	No
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	No
Fred Keller	R	PA-12	No
John Joyce	R	PA-13	No
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	No
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	No
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	No
Conor Lamb	D	PA-17	Aye
Michael Doyle	D	PA-18	Aye
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Aye
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Aye
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Aye
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Aye
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Aye
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Aye
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Aye
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	No
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Aye
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Aye
Joe Cunningham	D	SC-1	No
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	No
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	No
William Timmons	R	SC-4	No
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	No
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Aye
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	No
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	No
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	No
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	No
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	No
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	No
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Aye
John Rose	R	TN-6	No
Mark Green	R	TN-7	No
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	No
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Aye
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	No
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	No
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	No
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	No
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	No
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	No
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Aye
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Aye
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	No
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Aye
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	No
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	No
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Aye
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	No
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	No
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	No
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	No
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	No
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	No
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	No
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Aye
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Aye
Van Taylor	R	TX-3	No
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Aye
John Carter	R	TX-31	No
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Aye
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Aye
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Aye
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Aye
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	No
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	No
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	No
Ron Wright	R	TX-6	No
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Aye
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	No
Al Green	D	TX-9	Aye
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	No
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	No
John Curtis	R	UT-3	No
Ben McAdams	D	UT-4	No
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	No
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Aye
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Aye
Elaine Luria	D	VA-2	Aye
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Aye
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	Aye
Denver Riggleman	R	VA-5	No
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	No
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Aye
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Aye
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	No
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Aye
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Aye
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Aye
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Aye
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	No
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	No
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	No
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Aye
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Aye
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Aye
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Aye
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	No
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Aye
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Aye
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Aye
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	No
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	No
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	No
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	No
David McKinley	R	WV-1	No
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	No
Carol Miller	R	WV-3	No
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	No

All recorded votes (3)

Passage Passed
House · Jul 18, 2019 · “On Passage” · Speaker: Nancy Pelosi
Sending back to committee (motion to recommit) Failed
House · Jul 18, 2019 · “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” · Speaker: Nancy Pelosi
Amendment Agreed to
House · Jul 18, 2019 · “On Agreeing to the Amendment” · Speaker: Nancy Pelosi