HR 3846 · 106th Congress · Labor and Employment

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage, and for other purposes.

Introduced 2000-03-08· Sponsored by Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 434, H.R. 3846 is laid on the table.(2000-03-09)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2000-03-09
Roll #45
Yea 282Nay 143
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2000-03-09
Roll #45
Yea 282Nay 143
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
FailedHouse · 2000-03-09
Roll #44
Yea 181Nay 243
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2000-03-09
Roll #42
Yea 274Nay 141
Democrats
201 Yea·3 Nay
Republicans
72 Yea·137 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.48 per hour during the year beginning April 1, 2000; (2) $5.81 per hour during the year beginning April 1, 2001; and (3) $6.15 per hour beginning April 1, 2002. (Sec. 2) Revises an exemption from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers. (Sec. 3) Exempts from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements any employee in a sales position, if: (1) the employee has specialized or technical knowledge related to products or services being sold; (2) the employee's sales are predominantly to persons who are entities to whom the employee has made previous sales or the employee's position does not involve initiating sales contacts; (3) the employee has a detailed understanding of customers' needs and exercises discretion in offering a variety of products and services; (4) the employee receives a base compensation at a specified minimum rate and additional compensation based on sales attri…

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