An act to amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.
PL 114-61 (H.R.2617), enacted 10/07/2015

129 STAT. 545 
PUBLIC LAW 114–61—OCT. 7, 2015 
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. 
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)).’’. 
Effective dates. 
Oct. 7, 2015 
[H.R. 2617] 
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129 STAT. 546 
PUBLIC LAW 114–61—OCT. 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. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act, and the amendments made 
by this Act, shall take effect as of September 29, 2015. 
Approved October 7, 2015. 
29 USC 206 note. 
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