[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6273 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6273

  To extend the authorization of certain grants to the governments of 
 Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
                     Samoa, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2023

  Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
  Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend the authorization of certain grants to the governments of 
 Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
                     Samoa, 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 ``Guam Host Community Compensation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.

    Section 104(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``the State of Hawaii,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or'' before ``the 
                Commonwealth''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, or the State of Hawaii'';
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
        ``2043''; and
            (4) in paragraph (10)--
                    (A) by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2043''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``Hawaii,''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL INCARCERATION OF CERTAIN CONVICTED FELONS.

    (a) Memorandum of Understanding.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in 
coordination with the Attorney General (acting through the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons), shall enter into one or more memorandums of 
understanding with appropriate officials of the governments of each of 
the several States, the District of Colombia, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the 
United States Virgin Islands, to ensure that any individual of a Freely 
Associated State who is lawfully present in the United States pursuant 
to a provision of a Compact of Free Association and is convicted of a 
felony is imprisoned solely in a Federal correctional facility. Such 
memorandums of understanding shall also provide for the reimbursement 
of the costs of any pre-conviction incarceration of such individual in 
a State, territorial, or local correctional facility from the funds of 
the Bureau of Prisons.
    (b) Reimbursement of Costs.--During any period in which an 
applicable memorandum of understanding is not in effect with respect to 
an individual described in paragraph (1), the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons shall reimburse, from the funds of the Bureau of Prisons, the 
costs of incarcerating such individual at a non-Federal correctional 
facility.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-IMMIGRANT RESIDENCY IN GUAM.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the special and unique relationship the United States 
        and the Freely Associated States share ought to be enhanced by 
        robust economic cooperation and partnership between migrants of 
        the two entities;
            (2) key to this partnership is ensured economic stability 
        through the bolstering of local markets on Guam;
            (3) both employing and employed entities on the island 
        contribute to the success and proliferation of the Compacts of 
        Free Association; and
            (4) the Compacts of Free Association should include 
        provisions for greater economic success in Guam through sure 
        employment opportunity.
    (b) In General.--In addition to any other requirements under law, 
an individual of any Freely Associated State may not obtain non-
immigrant residency status in Guam unless the individual, upon arrival, 
provides the following:
            (1) Proof of--
                    (A) employment with one or more authorized 
                employers, as determined by the Governor of Guam in 
                consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the 
                Secretary of Labor, and proof of beginning such 
                employment within 10 business days of such arrival; or
                    (B) admission to receive education from one or more 
                of authorized educational facilities, as determined by 
                the Governor of Guam in consultation with the Secretary 
                of the Interior and the Secretary of Labor, and proof 
                of beginning such studies within 10 business days of 
                such arrival.
            (2) Proof of the residential address at which the 
        individual will establish residence upon admission to Guam.

SEC. 5. FREELY ASSOCIATED STATE DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``Freely Associated State'' means--
            (1) the Federated States of Micronesia;
            (2) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
            (3) the Republic of Palau.
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