[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 256 Referred in House (RFH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 256


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2013

 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana 
 Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American 
                                 Samoa.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    (a) In General.--The first section and section 2 of Public Law 93-
435 (48 U.S.C. 1705, 1706) are amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,'' each place it 
appears.
    (b) References to Date of Enactment.--For the purposes of the 
amendment made by subsection (a), each reference in Public Law 93-435 
to the ``date of enactment'' shall be considered to be a reference to 
the date of the enactment of this section.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF SCHEDULED WAGE INCREASES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF 
              THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    Section 8103(b)(1)(B) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 
U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law 110-28) is amended by striking ``2011'' and 
inserting ``2011, 2013, and 2015''.

            Passed the Senate August 1, 2013.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.