Wage Increase Fairness Act
This bill prohibits a state or municipality from establishing minimum wage requirements that treat independently owned franchises differently than other businesses based on the status of such franchises under federal law as distinct enterprises from their franchisors.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit States and 
municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wage Increase Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 1938.

    Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 206) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Nothing in this subsection shall limit the amount of a 
minimum wage set pursuant to this section, or of a minimum wage set by 
a State or municipality pursuant to section 18 of this Act, provided 
that: notwithstanding section 18 or any other provision of law, no 
State or municipality shall adopt any law or ordinance which has the 
purpose or effect of establishing a minimum wage which distinguishes, 
classifies, or establishes any requirement on an employer based on its 
status as excluded from the definition of ``enterprise'' pursuant to 
the second sentence of section 3(r)(1).''.
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Wage Increase Fairness Act
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances, and for other purposes.
Wage Increase Fairness Act
Rep. Peters, Scott H.