3.0.0 3583 2023-01-11T13:18:05Z 2023-01-11T13:18:05Z House H HR 2009-09-16 111 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii22 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Hearings by 2009-11-04T22:19:58Z Referred to 2009-09-18T18:53:15Z Referred to 2009-09-16T14:00:49Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-09-16T14:00:50Z 2009-11-04 hsii22 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2009-09-18 hsii22 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. Committee 2009-09-16 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-09-16 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-16 Referred to House Natural Resources IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-16 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 Government Operations and Politics American Samoa Economic development Food industry and services Government trust funds Income tax exclusion Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation U.S. territories and protectorates User charges and fees Government Operations and Politics 00 2009-09-16 Introduced in House 2009-11-25T20:02:22Z American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and Employment Act or ASPIRE Act - States that the federal government should provide American Samoa with employment stabilization and economic development assistance, including incentives for the operation and development of its tuna processing industry.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical assistance to American Samoa through grants in specified per metric ton amounts to sellers and buyers of whole tuna directly delivered to tuna processors located within American Samoa for processing in American Samoa.

States that a grantee may be eligible either as a seller of direct-delivered whole tuna or as a processor buying direct-delivered whole tuna.

Exempts such grants from inclusion as gross income under the Internal Revenue Code.

Establishes: (1) an annual fee for vessels that make less than three direct deliveries of whole tuna to processors on American Samoa for processing in American Samoa; and (2) a per ton fee for each delivery by a U.S.-documented vessel that delivers tuna to another vessel or other location for transshipment.

Establishes within the Treasury the American Samoa Economic Development Trust Fund.



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