[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2009 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2009

To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2011

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Insular Areas Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT ISLAND.

    Section 103(f)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 
of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Continued monitoring on runit island.--
                            ``(i) Cactus crater containment and 
                        groundwater monitoring.--Effective beginning 
                        January 1, 2012, the Secretary of Energy shall, 
                        as a part of the Marshall Islands program 
                        conducted under subparagraph (A), periodically 
                        (but not less frequently than every 4 years) 
                        conduct--
                                    ``(I) a visual study of the 
                                concrete exterior of the Cactus Crater 
                                containment structure on Runit Island; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) a radiochemical analysis of 
                                the groundwater surrounding and in the 
                                Cactus Crater containment structure on 
                                Runit Island.
                            ``(ii) Report.--The Secretary shall submit 
                        to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                        Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on 
                        Natural Resources of the House of 
                        Representatives, a report that contains--
                                    ``(I) a description of--
                                            ``(aa) the results of each 
                                        visual survey conducted under 
                                        clause (i)(I); and
                                            ``(bb) the results of the 
                                        radiochemical analysis 
                                        conducted under clause (i)(II); 
                                        and
                                    ``(II) a determination on whether 
                                the surveys and analyses indicate any 
                                significant change in the health risks 
                                to the people of Enewetak from the 
                                contaminants within the Cactus Crater 
                                containment structure.
                            ``(iii) Funding for groundwater 
                        monitoring.--The Secretary of the Interior 
                        shall make available to the Department of 
                        Energy, Marshall Islands Program, from funds 
                        available for the Technical Assistance Program 
                        of the Office of Insular Affairs, the amounts 
                        necessary to conduct the radiochemical analysis 
                        of groundwater under clause(i)(II).''.

SEC. 3. CLARIFYING THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO COURTS OF THE 
              FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

    Section 297(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``circuit or district judge'' and inserting ``circuit, 
district, magistrate, or territorial judge of a court''.

SEC. 4. DELAY OF SCHEDULED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN AMERICAN SAMOA.

    (a) Delayed Increase Pending Government Accountability Office 
Report.--Section 8103(b)(2)(C) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 
U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law 110-28) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``each year thereafter until'' and 
        inserting ``on September 30 of every third year thereafter 
        until''; and
            (2) by striking ``except that'' and all that follows 
        through ``September 30'' and inserting ``except that there 
        shall be no such increase in 2012, 2013, and 2014 pending the 
        triennial report required under section 8104(a)''.
    (b) Triennial Government Accountability Office Report.--Section 
8104(a) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note; 
Public Law 110-28) is amended by striking ``April 1, 2013, and every 2 
years'' and inserting ``April 1, 2014, and every 3 years''.
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