[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4091 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4091

          To provide reforms through the Organic Act of Guam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2015

 Ms. Bordallo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
          To provide reforms through the Organic Act of Guam.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SALARY CHANGES FOR THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT 
              GOVERNOR, AND SENATOR OF THE GUAM LEGISLATURE.

    Section 6 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1422) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``No law varying the compensation for the services of the Governor 
of Guam, the Lieutenant Governor of Guam, or Senators in the Guam 
Legislature shall take effect until a General Election of the Guam 
Legislature shall have intervened.''.

SEC. 2. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.

    Section 6 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1422) is amended by 
striking ``unless he is an eligible voter and has been for five 
consecutive years immediately preceding the election a citizen of the 
United States and a bona fide resident of Guam'' and inserting ``unless 
that person is an eligible voter, a citizen of the United States, and a 
resident of Guam, as specified by the laws of Guam''.

SEC. 3. QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.

    Section 16 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423f) is amended 
by striking ``domiciled in Guam for at least five years'' and inserting 
``a resident of Guam, as specified by the laws of Guam,''.
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