3.0.0 2789 2023-01-11T13:18:51Z 2023-01-11T13:18:51Z House H HR 2009-06-10 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-23T13:56:11Z Referred to 2009-06-10T14:02:44Z 2009-07-23 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Committee 2009-06-10 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000010 Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] Eni Faleomavaega D AS F. H. N Crime and Law Enforcement American Samoa Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Judges Jurisdiction and venue Law enforcement officers State and local courts U.S. territories and protectorates Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2009-06-10 Introduced in House 2009-08-19T19:10:38Z Gives the High Court of American Samoa the jurisdiction over any criminal case arising under any law of the United States applicable to American Samoa in which a defendant resides in American Samoa and the violation occurred in the territory of American Samoa.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to appoint: (1) two or more justices to the High Court of American Samoa as needed; and (2) a special prosecutor for American Samoa, whose responsibility shall be to prosecute all criminal violations of laws of the United States over which the High Court of American Samoa has jurisdiction under this Act.

]]> To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes. Display Title To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2789ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2789ih.xml 2009-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.