2014: Schweikert Effectively Voted Against Barring Companies That Used To Be Incorporated In The U.S., But Were Now Incorporated In Bermuda Or The Cayman Islands, From Receiving U.S. Government Contracts. In September 2014, Schweikert effectively voted against an amendment that included a provision that, according to Congressional Quarterly's description of an earlier amendment with substantively identical language, "would bar the use of funds provided in the [underlying] bill for awarding contracts to corporations chartered or incorporated in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands that were previously incorporated in the United States." The rest of the amendment, according to Congressional Quarterly, "would [have] extend[ed] the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank for 5 years, and include[d] the text of a measure (HR 377) to tighten prohibitions on pay discrimination based on sex. It would [have] include[d] the text of a measure (HR 1010) that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $8.20 an hour, $9.15 an hour after one year, and $10.10 an hour after two years. It would also allow student loan debt to be refinanced at rates available to current borrowers." The underlying bill funded the government through December 11, 2014; it also included a provision reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank through June 30, 2015. The proposed amendment stated that the minimum wage, equal pay and student loan provisions would be effective only through December 11, 2014. The vote was on a motion to recommit the bill and report it back with the specified amendment; the House rejected the motion by a vote of 199 to 228. [House Vote 508, 9/17/14; Congressional Quarterly, 9/17/14; Congressional Quarterly, 7/10/14; H.J.Res. 124, 9/17/14; Congressional Record, 7/10/14; Congressional Record, 9/17/14; Congressional Actions, H. J. Res. 124]