Public Law 114–61: To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.

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PUBLIC LAW 114–61—OCT. 7, 2015
129 STAT. 545
Public Law
114–61
114th Congress
An Act
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.

Oct. 7, 2015

[H.R. 2617]

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

Effective dates.

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)).”
.129 STAT. 546
(c)

29 USC 206 note.

Effective Date.—

This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect as of September 29, 2015.
Approved October 7, 2015.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2617:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015):

Sept. 28, considered and passed House.

Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Oct. 1, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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