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On the recordAugust 1, 2013
I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill (S. 256), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 256 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. (a) In General.--The first section and section 2 of Public Law 93-435 (48 U.S.C. 1705, 1706) are amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,'' each place it appears. (b) References to Date of Enactment.--For the purposes of the amendment made by subsection (a), each reference in Public Law 93-435 to the ``date of enactment'' shall be considered to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this section. SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF SCHEDULED WAGE INCREASES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. Section 8103(b)(1)(B) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law 110-28) is amended by striking ``2011'' and inserting ``2011, 2013, and 2015''. ____________________
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Harry Reid
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