[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2428 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2428

  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 28, 2001

  Mr. Underwood (for himself, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, and Mrs. Christensen) 
 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, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 
        Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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