,,ic  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of       
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjac    
,referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,an ,,act  ,to amend ,public ,law      
#ic-dce with respect to the ,northern   
,mariana ,islands1 providing parity with
 ,guam1 the ,virgin ,islands1 and       
,american ,samoa4  #a4 ,amendment  7a7  
,in general ,the first section and      
section #b of ,public ,law #ic-dce 7#dh 
,u4,s4,c4 #agje1 #agjf7 are amended by  
inserting the ,commonwealth of the      
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 after      
,guam1 each place it appears4  7b7      
,references to date of enactment ,for   
the purposes of the amendment made by   
subsection 7a71 each reference in       

,public ,law #ic-dce to the date of     
enactment shall be considered to be a   
reference to the date of the enactment  
of this section4  #b4 ,adjustment of    
scheduled wage increases in the         
commonwealth of the northern mariana    
islands ,section #hajc7;b77#a77;,b7 of  
the ,fair ,minimum ,wage ,act of #bjjg  
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf note2 ,public ,law  
#aaj-bh7 is amended by striking #bjaa   
and inserting #bjaa1 #bjac1 and #bjae4  
,passed the ,senate ,august #a1 #bjac4  
,nancy ,erickson1 ,secretary