[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           COMPACT-IMPACT AID

  (Mr. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, what do you get when you combine an 
unfunded mandate with unrestricted immigration? You get one messed up 
Federal policy.
  Under the terms of the compacts between the United States and the 
former islands of the trust territory, the citizens of these newly 
independent countries can immigrate to the United States with 
absolutely no restrictions. To offset the expected costs of this 
immigration, the Federal Government also promised to reimburse the 
local governments for this impact.
  Guam has incurred costs of $70 million for this immigration, and Guam 
has received a whopping $2.5 million in reimbursement. The Interior 
appropriations bill for fiscal year 1996 contains nothing for compact 
reimbursement.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment to restore the compact-
impact reimbursement of $4.58 million requested for Guam. It is time 
for the Federal Government to pay up, and to end this ridiculous 
immigration policy.


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