I will support raising the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2028 and ensuring fair and competitive wages for tipped workers, youth workers, and workers with disabilities.

That’s why I voted for and strongly support the Raise The Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2028 and ensure fair and competitive wages for all workers including tipped workers, youth workers, and workers with disabilities.

McGovern commits to supporting the Raise the Wage Act to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2028 and extend fair wage protections to multiple categories of workers.

Economy and Jobs | U.S. House of Representatives
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Congress.gov lists Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] as a cosponsor of H.R.4889 on 07/25/2023.

McGovern took same-term official legislative action supporting the Raise the Wage Act of 2023 after the 2022 election.

delivered same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.4889 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Raise the Wage Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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H.R.4889 would amend FLSA minimum wage to reach $17.00 an hour beginning 5 years after the Act's effective date, then index future increases to median hourly wage growth.

The bill McGovern cosponsored contains the core federal $17 minimum-wage increase contemplated by the promise; if enacted in 2023, the five-year schedule aligned with the 2028 target.

delivered same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4889 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Raise the Wage Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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H.R.4889 includes a tipped-employee wage schedule rising to $17.00, a repeal of the separate tipped wage, a youth wage transition, and a disability-wage section titled 'Promoting economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.'

The same-term bill addressed tipped workers, youth workers, and workers with disabilities, matching the worker categories in the promise.

delivered same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4889 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Raise the Wage Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov records H.R.4889 as introduced on 07/25/2023, referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and having the status 'Introduced.'

The supported same-term bill did not become law during the 118th Congress, so the policy outcome was not enacted despite McGovern's support.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4889 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Raise the Wage Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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The Department of Labor states: 'The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour.'

Federal law had not been changed to a $17 general minimum wage as of the current DOL minimum-wage page, showing the broader policy outcome remained incomplete.

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Minimum Wage | U.S. Department of Labor
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DOL says an employer must pay a tipped worker at least $2.13 per hour under the FLSA and that the federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour.

The federal tipped-worker wage rules had not been replaced by a $17 or fully equal wage standard, so this part of the policy result was not enacted.

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Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) | U.S. Department of Labor
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DOL states the FLSA allows employers to pay a youth minimum wage of not less than $4.25 an hour to employees under 20 during the first 90 consecutive calendar days after initial employment.

The federal youth subminimum wage still existed in DOL guidance, showing that the youth-worker part of the policy outcome remained incomplete.

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Fact Sheet #32: Youth Minimum Wage - Fair Labor Standards Act | U.S. Department of Labor
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DOL states that section 14(c) of the FLSA authorizes certified employers to pay subminimum wages, meaning wages less than the federal minimum wage, to workers with disabilities for the work being performed.

The disability-worker subminimum-wage certificate system remained in federal guidance, showing the disability-wage policy outcome was not enacted.

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Fact Sheet #39: The Employment of Workers with Disabilities at Subminimum Wages | U.S. Department of Labor
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Congress.gov lists Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] as a cosponsor of H.R.2743 on 04/08/2025.

McGovern continued supporting substantially similar $17 minimum-wage legislation in later federal service after the 2022 term ended.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.2743 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Raise the Wage Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov records H.R.2743 as introduced on 04/08/2025, referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce, and having the status 'Introduced.'

The later-term effort also had not been enacted as of the Congress.gov status reviewed, reinforcing a supported-but-not-enacted assessment for the policy result.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.2743 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Raise the Wage Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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