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HR 3021 115th Congress House

American Samoa Job Protection & Expansion Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to stop a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa and to provide that any future increas… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to stop a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa and to provide that any future increases in such minimum wage shall be determined by the Secretary of Labor.

Introduced: June 22, 2017 Introduced by: Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman Republican · American Samoa See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment American SamoaLabor standardsU.S. territories and protectoratesWages and earnings
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Jun 22, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Samoa Job Protection & Expansion Act of 2017

This bill amends the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to: (1) repeal the increases in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa that are scheduled to begin every third year after September 30, 2015, and until such minimum wage is equal to the minimum wage paid to employees who are engaged in commerce as prescribed under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) require that the minimum wage there be increased instead by such amount and at such time as determined by the Department of Labor through special industry committees as in place before July 24, 2007.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3021: American Samoa Job Protection & Expansion Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3021/
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"H.R. 3021: American Samoa Job Protection & Expansion Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3021/.
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H.R. 3021, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3021/.
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