Provide a payroll tax cut for small businesses that raise workers' wages ahead of schedule to $15 an hour.

A provision of Rep. Norcross’ legislation is a payroll tax cut for small businesses that raise workers’ wages ahead of schedule and get to $15 before the timeline laid out in the bill.

Norcross's legislation committed to offering payroll tax relief to small businesses that reach the $15 wage target early.

Taking The Next Step in Fight for America's Workers - Press Releases - United States Congressman Donald Norcross
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The campaign issues page says Norcross supports raising wages and ensuring fair pay and safe workplaces for all.

Campaign material confirms the relevant policy area: Norcross campaigned on raising wages, though this live page does not state the specific payroll-tax-cut-for-small-businesses mechanism.

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Issues - Donald Norcross
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Congress.gov lists H.R.582 as introduced January 16, 2019, passed by the House on July 18, 2019, and last acted on in the Senate on July 22, 2019 when it was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar. The text raised the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour beginning six years after the effective date.

This was concrete action toward a $15 federal minimum wage schedule, but it was not enacted and the bill text shown does not create the promised payroll tax cut for small businesses that raise wages ahead of schedule.

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H.R.582 - Raise the Wage Act, 116th Congress
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The Clerk recorded Roll Call 496 on July 18, 2019 as a vote on passage of the Raise the Wage Act; status was Passed, 231-199. Norcross, Democratic, New Jersey, voted Aye.

Norcross voted for House passage of a $15 minimum wage bill, showing effort, but a House vote alone did not provide the promised small-business payroll tax cut or enact the policy.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Congress.gov lists H.R.603 as introduced January 28, 2021 and referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Norcross was listed among the members introducing the bill. The text raised the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour beginning four years after the effective date.

Norcross helped introduce another wage-increase bill, but it remained only introduced and did not include or enact the promised small-business payroll tax cut.

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H.R.603 - Raise the Wage Act of 2021, 117th Congress
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Congress.gov lists H.R.4889 as introduced July 25, 2023 and referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Norcross was named in the introduction list. The bill text scheduled increases up to $17.00 an hour.

This shows continued legislative effort on wage increases, but the bill stayed at the introduced/referred stage and did not deliver the promised payroll tax cut for small businesses.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.4889 - Raise the Wage Act of 2023, 118th Congress
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Congress.gov lists H.R.2743 as introduced April 8, 2025 and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Norcross is included in the introduction list. The bill text schedules increases up to $17.00 an hour.

As of July 3, 2026, this pending bill is evidence of ongoing effort, not fulfillment. It had not become law and does not establish the specific payroll tax cut promised.

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H.R.2743 - Raise the Wage Act of 2025, 119th Congress
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The Department of Labor states that the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.

The federal minimum wage had not been raised to a $15 schedule as of the assessment date, undermining the premise for an ahead-of-schedule small-business payroll tax cut tied to reaching $15.

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U.S. Department of Labor - Minimum Wage
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