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The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Navigation System: Options for Growth
Congressional Research Service · 2016-10-26 · Reports · 13,130 words · PDF available
Congress faces infrastructure funding decisions that would support shipping on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway (GLSLS). In the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (H.R. 5303, S. 2848), Con...
The Federal Minimum Wage: Indexation
Congressional Research Service · 2016-10-26 · Reports · 9,539 words · PDF available
In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) established a federal minimum wage of $0.25 per hour. The minimum wage provisions of the FLSA have been amended numerous times since then, typically for th...