[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 113 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S6258]
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                       AMENDING PUBLIC LAW 93-435

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Calendar 
No. 109, S. 256.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 256) to amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to 
     the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the 
     Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with an amendment, as follows:

     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.
       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''.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and 
passed; and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 256), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 256

       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''.

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