By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

If you’re attending the annual SEMA Installation & Gala on July 26, then be sure to book your tickets now for the exclusive SEMA PAC afterparty! Initially limited to 50 guests, an additional 25 tickets have been made available due to demand.

Join the industry’s best and brightest immediately after the Installation & Gala at 9:30 p.m. to welcome John Hotchkis as the new SEMA PAC chairman and to pay tribute to Doug Evans’ service to the industry.

The event is expected to sell out, so claim your spot today! For more information, or to RSVP, contact Christian Robinson at christianr@sema.org.

The event is open to SEMA members who contribute at least $40 to SEMA PAC. Open-bar cocktails and late-night snacks will be served.

Anaheim Marriott—nFuse Restaurant, Bar & Lounge
700 W. Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802

By law, SEMA is not allowed to use association funds to impact the electoral process. That’s where the individually funded SEMA PAC comes in. It allows SEMA members to pool their personal resources to make campaign contributions to candidates and lawmakers who support our industry.

These shots are of a third-gen Chevy Camaro leaving GM’s Milford Proving Grounds. But this is no ordinary Camaro, as witnessed by the manufacturer plate and a sticker on the windshield that allows it access to the Milford proving grounds.

Spy shooters followed the Camaro closely for some time, counted the shift pattern and noticed that it was shifting using a six-speed manual transmission. The engine, meanwhile, sounds like GM’s current small-block V-8. This Camaro prototype also has a roll cage, twin dual exhaust tips, a raised hood and GM Performance Parts badges on the sides and back.

This would not be the first time GM used a third-gen Camaro for testing purposes. Back in 2014, it tested a third-generation Camaro alongside a camouflaged sixth-generation Camaro as a sort of ultra-camouflage.

So, what is this Camaro testing? Could it be the next-generation Camaro or an upcoming engine update for the current sixth-gen model?

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

These shots are of a third-gen Chevy Camaro leaving GM’s Milford Proving Grounds. But this is no ordinary Camaro, as witnessed by the manufacturer plate and a sticker on the windshield that allows it access to the Milford proving grounds.

Spy shooters followed the Camaro closely for some time, counted the shift pattern and noticed that it was shifting using a six-speed manual transmission. The engine, meanwhile, sounds like GM’s current small-block V-8. This Camaro prototype also has a roll cage, twin dual exhaust tips, a raised hood and GM Performance Parts badges on the sides and back.

This would not be the first time GM used a third-gen Camaro for testing purposes. Back in 2014, it tested a third-generation Camaro alongside a camouflaged sixth-generation Camaro as a sort of ultra-camouflage.

So, what is this Camaro testing? Could it be the next-generation Camaro or an upcoming engine update for the current sixth-gen model?

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

These shots are of a third-gen Chevy Camaro leaving GM’s Milford Proving Grounds. But this is no ordinary Camaro, as witnessed by the manufacturer plate and a sticker on the windshield that allows it access to the Milford proving grounds.

Spy shooters followed the Camaro closely for some time, counted the shift pattern and noticed that it was shifting using a six-speed manual transmission. The engine, meanwhile, sounds like GM’s current small-block V-8. This Camaro prototype also has a roll cage, twin dual exhaust tips, a raised hood and GM Performance Parts badges on the sides and back.

This would not be the first time GM used a third-gen Camaro for testing purposes. Back in 2014, it tested a third-generation Camaro alongside a camouflaged sixth-generation Camaro as a sort of ultra-camouflage.

So, what is this Camaro testing? Could it be the next-generation Camaro or an upcoming engine update for the current sixth-gen model?

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

These shots are of a third-gen Chevy Camaro leaving GM’s Milford Proving Grounds. But this is no ordinary Camaro, as witnessed by the manufacturer plate and a sticker on the windshield that allows it access to the Milford proving grounds.

Spy shooters followed the Camaro closely for some time, counted the shift pattern and noticed that it was shifting using a six-speed manual transmission. The engine, meanwhile, sounds like GM’s current small-block V-8. This Camaro prototype also has a roll cage, twin dual exhaust tips, a raised hood and GM Performance Parts badges on the sides and back.

This would not be the first time GM used a third-gen Camaro for testing purposes. Back in 2014, it tested a third-generation Camaro alongside a camouflaged sixth-generation Camaro as a sort of ultra-camouflage.

So, what is this Camaro testing? Could it be the next-generation Camaro or an upcoming engine update for the current sixth-gen model?

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

These shots are of a third-gen Chevy Camaro leaving GM’s Milford Proving Grounds. But this is no ordinary Camaro, as witnessed by the manufacturer plate and a sticker on the windshield that allows it access to the Milford proving grounds.

Spy shooters followed the Camaro closely for some time, counted the shift pattern and noticed that it was shifting using a six-speed manual transmission. The engine, meanwhile, sounds like GM’s current small-block V-8. This Camaro prototype also has a roll cage, twin dual exhaust tips, a raised hood and GM Performance Parts badges on the sides and back.

This would not be the first time GM used a third-gen Camaro for testing purposes. Back in 2014, it tested a third-generation Camaro alongside a camouflaged sixth-generation Camaro as a sort of ultra-camouflage.

So, what is this Camaro testing? Could it be the next-generation Camaro or an upcoming engine update for the current sixth-gen model?

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

These shots are of a third-gen Chevy Camaro leaving GM’s Milford Proving Grounds. But this is no ordinary Camaro, as witnessed by the manufacturer plate and a sticker on the windshield that allows it access to the Milford proving grounds.

Spy shooters followed the Camaro closely for some time, counted the shift pattern and noticed that it was shifting using a six-speed manual transmission. The engine, meanwhile, sounds like GM’s current small-block V-8. This Camaro prototype also has a roll cage, twin dual exhaust tips, a raised hood and GM Performance Parts badges on the sides and back.

This would not be the first time GM used a third-gen Camaro for testing purposes. Back in 2014, it tested a third-generation Camaro alongside a camouflaged sixth-generation Camaro as a sort of ultra-camouflage.

So, what is this Camaro testing? Could it be the next-generation Camaro or an upcoming engine update for the current sixth-gen model?

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to gradually increase the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2024. H.R. 582, the “Raise the Wage Act,” would increase the minimum wage each year in seven steps and then index future increases to median wage growth. If enacted into law, the bill would increase the minimum hourly wage to $8.40 on the first day of the third month after it is enacted. It would then increase to $9.50 one year after the first increase and to the following amounts in each subsequent year: $10.60 in year two, $11.70 in year three, $12.80 in year four, $13.90 in year five and $15 in year six. H.R. 582 requires the U.S. Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the effects of the first two minimum wage increases on the private sector, including small businesses, in addition to metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, urban and rural areas.

The bill would also gradually phase out lower minimum wages that currently exist for workers under the age of 20, the disabled and tipped workers:

• H.R. 582 would increase the base hourly wage for tipped workers from $2.13 to $3.60 during the first year after the bill takes effect and in each of the following years until it equals the minimum wage in 2027. Federal law requires employers to provide workers with a “tip credit” if their tips combined with their minimum hourly wage for tipped workers does not add up to the traditional hourly wage.
• The bill increases the hourly minimum wage for employees younger than 20 from $4.25 to $5.50 for the first year after the bill takes effect and in each of the following years until it equals the minimum wage in 2027. 
• H.R.582 would also increase the minimum hourly wage for workers with disabilities to $4.25 for the first year after the bill takes effect and would increase the wage over the period of six years until it is equal to the minimum wage. 

If enacted into law, H.R. 582 would mark the first time Congress has passed a law to increase the minimum wage since 2007. However, the U.S. Senate is not expected to take up the bill. Presently, 29 states and Washington, D.C., have minimum wages that are higher than the Federal minimum wage.  

For more information, contact Eric Snyder at erics@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to gradually increase the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2024. H.R. 582, the “Raise the Wage Act,” would increase the minimum wage each year in seven steps and then index future increases to median wage growth. If enacted into law, the bill would increase the minimum hourly wage to $8.40 on the first day of the third month after it is enacted. It would then increase to $9.50 one year after the first increase and to the following amounts in each subsequent year: $10.60 in year two, $11.70 in year three, $12.80 in year four, $13.90 in year five and $15 in year six. H.R. 582 requires the U.S. Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the effects of the first two minimum wage increases on the private sector, including small businesses, in addition to metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, urban and rural areas.

The bill would also gradually phase out lower minimum wages that currently exist for workers under the age of 20, the disabled and tipped workers:

• H.R. 582 would increase the base hourly wage for tipped workers from $2.13 to $3.60 during the first year after the bill takes effect and in each of the following years until it equals the minimum wage in 2027. Federal law requires employers to provide workers with a “tip credit” if their tips combined with their minimum hourly wage for tipped workers does not add up to the traditional hourly wage.
• The bill increases the hourly minimum wage for employees younger than 20 from $4.25 to $5.50 for the first year after the bill takes effect and in each of the following years until it equals the minimum wage in 2027. 
• H.R.582 would also increase the minimum hourly wage for workers with disabilities to $4.25 for the first year after the bill takes effect and would increase the wage over the period of six years until it is equal to the minimum wage. 

If enacted into law, H.R. 582 would mark the first time Congress has passed a law to increase the minimum wage since 2007. However, the U.S. Senate is not expected to take up the bill. Presently, 29 states and Washington, D.C., have minimum wages that are higher than the Federal minimum wage.  

For more information, contact Eric Snyder at erics@sema.org.

Compiled by SEMA Editors

TascaParts.com has been named the official OEM replacement parts supplier of the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals through the end of 2019.

TascaParts.com Named Official OEM Replacement Parts Supplier of NMCA

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