[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4741 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4741

  To require that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
explain any omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the 
  United States in statements issued by the Office of Management and 
                                Budget.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2000

 Mr. Underwood (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. 
Norton, and Mr. Faleomavaega) introduced the following bill; which was 
    referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Government Reform, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
explain any omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the 
  United States in statements issued by the Office of Management and 
                                Budget.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Insular Areas Oversight Avoidance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPLANATION OF OMISSION OF ANY INSULAR AREA FROM TREATMENT AS 
              PART OF UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall publish, with respect to each covered statement issued 
after the date of the enactment of this Act that defines the term 
``United States'', ``United States of America'', or ``State'' and that 
does not include in such term any insular area--
            (1) an explanation of the reasons for that omission; and
            (2) a recommendation of whether the definition should 
        include such insular area.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered statement.--The term ``covered statement'' 
        means--
                    (A) any Presidential proclamation or Executive 
                order required by section 1505 of title 44, United 
                States Code, to be published in the Federal Register;
                    (B) any written Presidential directive, other than 
                a Presidential proclamation or Executive order, that--
                            (i) is signed or endorsed by, or is issued 
                        at the direction of, the President or an 
                        appointee of the President in the Executive 
                        Office of the President; and
                            (ii)(I) establishes a policy;
                            (II) directs the carrying out of law or 
                        policy;
                            (III) authorizes or requires the use of 
                        appropriated funds or other resources 
                        (including personnel); or
                            (IV) otherwise asserts or appears to assert 
                        an authority of the President;
                    (C) any treaty presented to the Senate for approval 
                pursuant to section 2 of Article II of the Constitution 
                of the United States;
                    (D) any executive agreement executed by the 
                President or a representative of the President that is 
                binding on the United States as a matter of 
                international law;
                    (E) any rule, circular, guidance, or statement of 
                administration policy or position that is issued by the 
                Office of Management and Budget; and
                    (F) any proposed legislation submitted to the 
                Congress by or on behalf of the President.
            (2) Insular area.--The term ``insular area'' means Guam, 
        the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the 
        Northern Mariana Islands.
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