[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1785 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1785

    To direct the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that certain 
  questions are placed on the ballot of the 2008 general election in 
                            American Samoa.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

 Mr. Faleomavaega introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that certain 
  questions are placed on the ballot of the 2008 general election in 
                            American Samoa.

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

SECTION 1. QUESTIONS TO BE PLACED ON BALLOT.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that the following 
questions are placed on the ballot of the 2008 general election in 
American Samoa:
            (1) Whether individuals who are born in American Samoa 
        should become citizens of the United States.
            (2) Whether the Senators of the American Samoa Fono should 
        be elected by the qualified electors from the respective 
        counties that the Senators are to represent.
            (3) Whether American Samoa should have its own Federal 
        district court with limited jurisdiction.
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