Pub. L. 114-61 - An act to amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.

114th Congress

Affects: 29 U.S.C. §§ 206

SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE FOR AMERICAN SAMOA.

(a) 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:

(a)“(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)“(2)“(A) the applicable wage rate in effect for each industry and classification as of September 29, 2015; and

(a)“(2)“(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.”

(a) .

(b) Section 8104 of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note) is amended—

(b)(1) in subsection (a)—

(b)(1)(A) by striking “September 1, 2011” and inserting “April 1, 2017”; and

(b)(1)(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.”;

(b)(2) in subsection (b), by striking “the study under subsection (a)” and inserting “any report under subsection (a)”; and

(b)(3) by adding at the end the following:

(b)(3)“(c) 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)).”

(b)(3) .

Legislative History

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.