[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 143 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H6779-H6780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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           AMERICAN SAMOA MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE POSTPONEMENT

  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 
take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2617) to amend the Fair 
Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to postpone a scheduled increase in the 
minimum wage applicable to American Samoa, with the Senate amendments 
thereto, and concur in the Senate amendments.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendments.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Senate amendments:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE FOR AMERICAN SAMOA.

       (a) Minimum Wage.--Paragraph (2) of section 8103(b) of the 
     Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(2) the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa under 
     section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
     U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) shall be--
       ``(A) the applicable wage rate in effect for each industry 
     and classification as of September 29, 2015; and

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       ``(B) increased by $0.40 an hour (or such lesser amount as 
     may be necessary to equal the minimum wage under section 
     6(a)(1) of such Act), beginning on September 30, 2015, and on 
     September 30 of every third year thereafter, until the 
     minimum wage applicable to American Samoa under this 
     paragraph is equal to the minimum wage set forth in such 
     section.''.
       (b) GAO Reports.--Section 8104 of the Fair Minimum Wage Act 
     of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``September 1, 2011'' and inserting ``April 
     1, 2017''; and
       (B) by striking the second sentence and inserting the 
     following: ``The Government Accountability Office shall 
     submit a subsequent report not later than April 1, 2020.'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the study under 
     subsection (a)'' and inserting ``any report under subsection 
     (a)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Report on Alternative Methods of Increasing the 
     Minimum Wage in American Samoa.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of `An Act to amend the Fair Minimum 
     Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the 
     minimum wage applicable to American Samoa', the Government 
     Accountability Office shall transmit to Congress a report on 
     alternative ways of increasing the minimum wage in American 
     Samoa to keep pace with the cost of living in American Samoa 
     and to eventually equal the minimum wage set forth in section 
     6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     206(a)(1)).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--This Act, and the amendments made by 
     this Act, shall take effect as of September 29, 2015.

  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask 
unanimous consent that we dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``An Act to amend 
the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the 
minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.''.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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