[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2009 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.2009
One Hundred Twelfth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve
An Act
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''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.