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In the Senate of the United States, 
September 30, 2015. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2617) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Fair Min-
imum Wage Act of 2007 to postpone a scheduled increase in 
the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.’’, do pass 
with the following 
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—
† HR 2617 EAS 
‘‘(A) the applicable wage rate in effect for 
each industry and classification as of September 
29, 2015; and 
‘‘(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 Min-
imum 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 in-
serting the following: ‘‘The Government Account-
ability 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:
† HR 2617 EAS 
‘‘(c) REPORT
ON ALTERNATIVE METHODS
OF IN-
CREASING 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. 
Amend the title 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.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
(ii) Duties, taxes, and customs broker-
age fees on the material paid in the terri-
tory of Australia, the United States, or
both, other than duties or taxes that are
waived, refunded, refundable, or otherwise
recoverable, including credit against duty
or tax paid or payable.
(iii) The cost of waste and spoilage re-
sulting from the use of the material in the
production of the good, less the value of
renewable scrap or byproducts.
(iv) The cost of processing incurred in
the territory of Australia, the United
States, or both, in the production of the
nonoriginating material.
(v) The cost of originating materials
used in the production of the nonorigi-
nating material in the territory of Aus-
tralia, the United States, or both.
(g) ACCESSORIES, SPARE PARTS, OR TOOLS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
accessories, spare parts, or tools delivered with a
good that form part of the good’s standard acces-
sories, spare parts, or tools shall—
(A) be treated as originating goods if the
good is an originating good; and
(B) be disregarded in determining whether
all the nonoriginating materials used in the pro-
duction of the good undergo the applicable
change in tariff classification set out in Annex
5–A of the Agreement.
(2) CONDITIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall apply
only if—
(A) the accessories, spare parts, or tools
are not invoiced separately from the good;
(B) the quantities and value of the acces-
sories, spare parts, or tools are customary for
the good; and
(C) if the good is subject to a regional
value-content requirement, the value of the ac-
cessories, spare parts, or tools is taken into ac-
count as originating or nonoriginating mate-
rials, as the case may be, in calculating the re-
gional value-content of the good.
(h) FUNGIBLE GOODS AND MATERIALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) CLAIM
FOR
PREFERENTIAL
TREAT-
MENT.—A person claiming that a fungible good
or fungible material is an originating good may
base the claim either on the physical segrega-
tion of the fungible good or fungible material or
by using an inventory management method with
respect to the fungible good or fungible mate-
rial.
(B) INVENTORY MANAGEMENT METHOD.—
In this subsection, the term ‘‘inventory manage-
ment method’’ means—
(i) averaging;
(ii) ‘‘last-in, first-out’’;
(iii) ‘‘first-in, first-out’’; or
(iv) any other method—
(I) recognized in the generally
accepted accounting principles of the
country in which the production is
performed (whether Australia or the
United States); or
(II) otherwise accepted by that
country.
(2) ELECTION
OF
INVENTORY
METHOD.—A
person selecting an inventory management method
under paragraph (1) for a particular fungible good
or fungible material shall continue to use that meth-
od for that fungible good or fungible material
throughout the fiscal year of that person.
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) increased by $0.50 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 December 31, 2016, and on 
December 31 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 Min-
imum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘September 1, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘April 1, 2017’’; and
(B) by striking the second sentence and in-
serting the following: ‘‘The Government Ac-
countability 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 IN-
CREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE IN AMERICAN SAMOA.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Government Accountability Office shall 
transmit to Congress a report on alternative ways of in-
creasing 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)).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2617 
AN ACT 
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to 
postpone a scheduled increase in the minimum 
wage applicable to American Samoa.
H. R. 2617 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase 
in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa. 
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) 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 Account-
ability 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)).’’.
H. R. 2617—2 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act, and the amendments made 
by this Act, shall take effect as of September 29, 2015. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2015 
Mrs. RADEWAGEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to postpone 
a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable 
to American Samoa. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE APPLICABLE TO AMERICAN 
SAMOA. 
Section 8103(b)(2)(C) of the Fair Minimum Wage 
Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206(b)(2)(C) note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, 2015, 2016, 
and 2017’’. 
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II 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2617 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to postpone 
a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable 
to American Samoa. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(B) by striking the second sentence and in-
serting the following: ‘‘The Government Ac-
countability 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 IN-
CREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE IN AMERICAN SAMOA.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Government Accountability Office shall 
transmit to Congress a report on alternative ways of in-
creasing 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)).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2619 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to 
Patriot employers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2015 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. RUSH) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a tax credit to Patriot employers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patriot Employer Tax 
Credit Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PATRIOT EMPLOYER TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
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SECTION 1. EXCLUDING CERTAIN COTTON FUTURES CON-
TRACTS FROM COVERAGE UNDER UNITED 
STATES COTTON FUTURES ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(1) of the United 
States Cotton Futures Act (7 U.S.C. 15B(c)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘except that any cotton futures 
contract’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 
‘‘(A) any cotton futures contract’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by 
paragraph (1)), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) any cotton futures contract that per-
mits tender of cotton grown outside of the 
United States is excluded from the coverage of 
this paragraph and section to the extent that 
the cotton grown outside of the United States 
is tendered for delivery under the cotton futures 
contract.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to cotton futures con-
tracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2620 
AN ACT 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to 
exclude certain cotton futures contracts from cov-
erage under such Act.
H. R. 2620 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures 
contracts from coverage under such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUDING CERTAIN COTTON FUTURES CONTRACTS 
FROM COVERAGE UNDER UNITED STATES COTTON 
FUTURES ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(1) of the United States Cotton 
Futures Act (7 U.S.C. 15B(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘except that any cotton futures contract’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 
‘‘(A) any cotton futures contract’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by paragraph (1)), 
by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) any cotton futures contract that permits tender 
of cotton grown outside of the United States is excluded 
from the coverage of this paragraph and section to the 
extent that the cotton grown outside of the United States 
is tendered for delivery under the cotton futures contract.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to cotton futures contracts entered into 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2620 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton 
futures contracts from coverage under such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2015 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude 
certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under 
such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUDING CERTAIN COTTON FUTURES CON-
TRACTS FROM COVERAGE UNDER UNITED 
STATES COTTON FUTURES ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(1) of the United 
States Cotton Futures Act (7 U.S.C. 15B(c)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘except that any cotton futures 
contract’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 
‘‘(A) any cotton futures contract’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) any cotton futures contract that per-
mits tender of cotton grown outside of the 
United States is excluded from the coverage of 
this paragraph and section to the extent that 
the cotton grown outside of the United States 
is tendered for delivery under the cotton futures 
contract.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to cotton futures con-
tracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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II 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2620 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude 
certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under 
such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. EXCLUDING CERTAIN COTTON FUTURES CON-
TRACTS FROM COVERAGE UNDER UNITED 
STATES COTTON FUTURES ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(1) of the United 
States Cotton Futures Act (7 U.S.C. 15B(c)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘except that any cotton futures 
contract’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 
‘‘(A) any cotton futures contract’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by 
paragraph (1)), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) any cotton futures contract that per-
mits tender of cotton grown outside of the 
United States is excluded from the coverage of 
this paragraph and section to the extent that 
the cotton grown outside of the United States 
is tendered for delivery under the cotton futures 
contract.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to cotton futures con-
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tracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 129 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2620 
[Report No. 114–174] 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton 
futures contracts from coverage under such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2015 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
JUNE 23, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CRAWFORD and Mr. GIBSON 
JUNE 23, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 2, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude 
certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under 
such Act. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUDING CERTAIN COTTON FUTURES CON-
TRACTS FROM COVERAGE UNDER UNITED 
STATES COTTON FUTURES ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(1) of the United 
States Cotton Futures Act (7 U.S.C. 15B(c)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘except that any cotton futures 
contract’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 
‘‘(A) any cotton futures contract’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by para-
graph (1)), by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) any cotton futures contract that per-
mits tender of cotton grown outside of the United 
States is excluded from the coverage of this para-
graph and section to the extent that the cotton 
grown outside of the United States is tendered 
for delivery under the cotton futures contract.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to cotton futures con-
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Union Calendar No. 129 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2620 
[Report No. 114–174] 
A BILL 
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to 
exclude certain cotton futures contracts from cov-
erage under such Act. 
JUNE 23, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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