[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1189 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1189


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 2003

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching 
 requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin 
 Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF LOCAL MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Waiver of Certain Matching Requirements.--Section 501 of the 
Act entitled ``An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the 
territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating 
thereto, and for other purposes'', approved October 15, 1977 (48 U.S.C. 
1469a; 91 Stat. 1164) is amended--
            (1) in the last sentence of subsection (d), by striking 
        ``by law''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of 
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana 
Islands, each department or agency of the United States shall waive any 
requirement for local matching funds (including in-kind contributions) 
that the insular area would otherwise be required to provide for any 
grant as follows:
            ``(1) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of $500,000 or less, the entire matching 
        requirement shall be waived.
            ``(2) For a grant requiring matching funds (including in-
        kind contributions) of more than $500,000, $500,000 of the 
        matching requirement shall be waived.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 601 of the Act entitled ``An Act 
to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United 
States, and for other purposes'', approved March 12, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 
1469a note; 94 Stat. 90), is amended by striking ``, and adding the 
following sentence'' and all that follows through ``Islands.'''.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall complete and submit to the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the results of 
a study of the implementation of the amendments made by subsection (a) 
of section 1.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.