Title: Northern Mariana Islands Wage and Economic Stability Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Northern Mariana Islands Wage and Economic Stability Act
This bill delays by 18 months the effective date of an increase in the federal minimum wage with respect to employers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
It also requires the Government Accountability Office to assess the economy of the territory and estimate the proportion of employees in the territory directly affected by an increase in the minimum wage.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2602 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2602

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for wage and 
  economic stabilization in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                    Islands, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2021

  Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for wage and 
  economic stabilization in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                    Islands, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Mariana Islands Wage and 
Economic Stability Act''.

SEC. 2. WAGE AND ECONOMIC STABILIZATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 
              NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) In the case of any provision of law enacted during the 10-
year period beginning with 2021 that provides for an increase in the 
minimum wage rate set forth under subsection (a)(1) or (g)(1) of this 
section, section 3(m)(2)(A)(i), or section 14(c)(1)(A), such increase 
shall be applied with respect to employers in the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands beginning on the date that is 18 months later 
than the date on which such provision of law otherwise takes effect.''.

SEC. 3. GAO REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the Education and Labor Committee 
of the House of Representatives, the Natural Resources Committee of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that, with respect to the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands--
            (1) assesses the status and structure of the economy 
        (including employment, earnings and wages, and key industries); 
        and
            (2) for each year during the 10-year period beginning with 
        2021 in which an increase will take effect in the minimum wage 
        rate set forth under subsection a(1) or g(1) of section 6, 
        section 3(m)(2)(A)(i), or section 14(c)(1)(A) of the Fair Labor 
        Standards Act of 1938, estimates the proportion of employees 
        who will be directly affected by each such wage increase taking 
        effect for such year, disaggregated by industry and occupation.
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