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HR 5154 IH
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5154
To condition further increases in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on a determination by the Secretary of Labor that such increases will not have an adverse impact on the economies of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 29, 2008
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To condition further increases in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on a determination by the Secretary of Labor that such increases will not have an adverse impact on the economies of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE IN AMERICAN SAMOA AND COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
Title VIII of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 is amended--
(1) in section 8103(b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting before the semicolon the following: `, if the Secretary of Labor determines, based on the study required under section 8104 and in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, that an increase under this subparagraph will not have an adverse impact on the economy of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands';
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting before the period the following: `, if the Secretary of Labor determines, based on the study required under section 8104 and in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the government of American Samoa, that an increase under this subparagraph will not have an adverse impact on the economy of American Samoa'; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
`The Secretary of Labor shall make the determinations required under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(C) each year at least 60 days before the scheduled increase in the minimum wage required under each such subparagraph, and shall publish such determinations in the Federal Register.'; and
(2) in section 8104--
(A) by inserting `and every 2 years thereafter,' after `enactment of this Act,' both places it appears; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking `study' and inserting `studies'.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.5154 as Introduced in House To condition further increases in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa and the...
