[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H6879-H6882]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
GUAM OMNIBUS OPPORTUNITIES ACT
Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 2462) to amend the Organic Act of Guam, and for other
purposes, as amended.
The Clerk read as follows:
H.R. 2462
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 Omnibus Opportunities
Act''.
SEC. 2. GUAM LAND RETURN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Guam
Land Return Act''.
(b) Transfer of Excess Real Property.--
(1) Notice of availability.--Except as provided in
subsection (e), before screening excess real property located
on Guam for further Federal used under section 202 of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 471 et seq.), the Administrator shall notify the
Government of Guam that the property is available for
transfer to the Government of Guam pursuant to this section.
(2) Opportunity for acquisition by guam.--If the Government
of Guam, within 180 days after receiving notification under
paragraph (1) with regard to certain real property, notifies
the Administrator that the Government of Guam intends to
acquire the property under this section, the Administrator
shall transfer such property to the Government of Guam in
accordance with subsections (c) and (d). Otherwise, the
Administrator shall dispose of the property in accordance
with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
(c) Compensation.--A transfer of excess real property under
subsection (b) to the Government of Guam for a public purpose
shall be made without reimbursement or other compensation
from the Government of Guam.
(d) Conditions.--
(1) Restrictive covenants.--All transfers of excess real
property under subsection (b) to the Government of Guam shall
be subject to such restrictive covenants as the Administrator
determines to be necessary to ensure that--
(A) the use of the property is compatible with continued
military activities on Guam;
(B) the use of the property is consistent with the
environmental condition of the property;
(C) access is available to the United States to conduct any
additional environmental remediation or monitoring that may
be required;
(D) to the extent the property was transferred for a public
purpose, the property is so used; and
(E) to the extent the property has been used by another
Federal agency for a minimum of two years, the transfer to
the Government of Guam is subject to the terms and conditions
of those permit interests until the expiration of those
permits.
(2) Consultation.--In the case of real property reported
excess by a military department and in all cases with respect
to paragraph (1)(A), the Administrator shall consult with the
Secretary of Defense regarding the restrictive covenants to
be imposed on a transfer of the property.
(3) Other laws.--All transfers of excess real property
under subsection (b) to the Government of Guam are subject to
all otherwise applicable Federal laws, except section 2696 of
title 10, United States Code. Any property that the
Government of Guam has the opportunity to acquire under
subsection (b) shall not be subject to section 501 of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11411).
(e) Exemptions.--Notwithstanding that real property located
on Guam and described in this subsection may be excess real
property, this section shall not apply--
(1) to real property on Guam that is located within the
Guam National Wildlife Refuge, which shall be transferred in
accordance with subsection (f);
(2) to real property described in the Guam Excess Lands Act
(Public Law 103-339, 108 Stat. 3116), which shall be disposed
of in accordance with such Act; or
(3) to real property on Guam that is declared excess as a
result of a base closure law.
(f) Treatment of Guam National Wildlife Refuge Lands.--
(1) Notification of availability; negotiations.--The
Administrator shall notify the Government of Guam and the
Fish and Wildlife Service that real property within the Guam
National Wildlife Refuge has been declared excess. The
Government of Guam and the Fish and Wildlife Service shall
have 180 days to engage in discussions toward an agreement
providing for the future ownership and management of the real
property.
(2) Transfer and management under agreement.--If the
parties reach an agreement under paragraph (1) within the
180-day period and the agreement is submitted to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United
States House of Representatives not less than 60 days prior
to any transfer of the real property under the agreement, the
property shall be transferred and managed in accordance with
the agreement. Any such transfer shall be subject to the
other provisions of this section.
(3) Effect of lack of agreement.--If the parties do not
reach an agreement under paragraph (1) within the 180-day
period, the Administrator shall provide a report to Congress
on the status of the discussions, together with
recommendations on the likelihood of resolution of
differences and the comments of the Fish and Wildlife Service
and the Government of Guam. If the subject property is under
the jurisdiction of a military department, the Secretary of
the military department may transfer administrative control
over the property to the General Services Administration.
Absent an agreement on the future ownership and use of the
property, the property may not be transferred to another
Federal agency or out of Federal ownership except pursuant to
an Act of Congress specifically identifying the property.
(4) Eventual agreement.--If the parties come to an
agreement prior to congressional action in response to a
report under paragraph (3) and the agreement is submitted to
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United
States House of Representatives not less than 60 days prior
to any transfer of the real property under the agreement, the
real property shall be transferred and managed in accordance
with the agreement. Any such transfer shall be subject to the
other provisions of this section.
(g) Dual Classification Property.--If a parcel of real
property on Guam that is declared excess as a result of a
base closure law also falls within the boundary of the Guam
National Wildlife Refuge, such parcel of property shall be
disposed of in accordance with the base closure law.
(h) Authority To Issue Regulations.--The Administrator of
General Services, after consultation with the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Interior, may issue such
regulations as the Administrator deems necessary to carry out
this section.
(i) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``Administrator'' means--
(A) the Administrator of General Services; or
(B) the head of any Federal agency with the authority to
dispose of excess real property on Guam.
(2) The term ``base closure law'' means the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of
Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), title II of the
Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and
Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), or
similar base closure authority.
(3) The term ``excess real property'' means excess property
(as that term is defined in section 3 of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472)) that
is real property and was acquired by the United States prior
to the enactment of this section.
(4) The term ``Guam National Wildlife Refuge'' includes
those lands within the refuge overlay under the jurisdiction
of the Department of Defense, identified as Department of
Defense lands in figure 3, on page 74, and as submerged lands
in figure 7, on page 78 of the ``Final Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed Guam National Wildlife Refuge,
Territory of Guam, July 1993'' to the extent that the Federal
Government holds title to such lands.
(5) The term ``public purpose'' means those public benefit
purposes for which the United States may dispose of property
pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484), as
implemented by the Federal Property Management Regulations
(41 CFR 101-47) or other public benefit uses provided under
the Guam Excess Lands Act (Public Law 103-339; 108 Stat.
3116).
SEC. 3. GUAM FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT EQUITY ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Guam
Foreign Direct Investment Equity Act''.
(b) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 31 of the
Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421i) is
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amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) In applying as the Guam Territorial income tax the
income-tax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a)
of this section, the rate of tax under sections 871, 881,
884, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1445, and 1446 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 on any item of income from sources within Guam
shall be the same as the rate which would apply with respect
to such item were Guam treated as part of the United States
for purposes of the treaty obligations of the United
States.''.
(c) Certain Guam-Based Trusts Exempt.--The provisions of
this section shall not apply to any Guam-based trust formed
pursuant to Division 2 of Title 11, Chapter 160, of the Guam
Code Annotated.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (b)
shall apply to amounts paid after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 4. IMPORTATION OF BETEL NUTS (``ARECA NUTS'') FOR
PERSONAL CONSUMPTION.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including sections 402 and 801 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342 and 381)), Guam shall be
deemed to be within the customs territory of the United
States in the case of importation from Guam into the United
States of betel nuts (also known as ``areca nuts'') by an
individual for personal consumption by the individual.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Betel nuts.--The term ``betel nuts'' means husked betel
nuts grown in Guam.
(2) Customs territory of the united states.--The term
``customs territory of the United States'' has the meaning
given the term in general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States.
SEC. 5. COMPACT IMPACT REPORTS.
Paragraph 104(e)(2) of Public Law 99-239 (99 Stat. 1770,
1788) is amended by deleting ``President shall report to the
Congress with respect to the impact of the Compact on the
United States territories and commonwealths and on the State
of Hawaii.'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
``Governor of any of the United States territories or
commonwealths or the State of Hawaii may report to the
Secretary of the Interior by February 1 of each year with
respect to the financial and social impacts of the compacts
of free association on the Governor's respective
jurisdiction. The Secretary of the Interior shall review and
forward any such reports to the Congress with the comments
and recommendations of the Administration. The Secretary of
the Interior shall, either directly or, subject to available
technical assistance funds, through a grant to the affected
jurisdiction, provide for a census of Micronesians at
intervals no greater than five years from each decennial
United States census using generally acceptable statistical
methodologies for each of the impact jurisdictions where the
Governor requests such assistance, except that the total
expenditures to carry out this sentence may not exceed
$300,000 in any year.''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Utah (Mr. Hansen) and the gentleman from Guam (Mr. Underwood) each will
control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen).
Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, the Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act, H.R. 2462,
introduced by the gentleman from Guam (Mr. Underwood) has been
developed on a bipartisan basis and contains four provisions affecting
our territory in the Western Pacific.
The bill proposes to, one, provide Guam the right of first refusal
for the return of future lands currently in possession of the Federal
Government; two, allows the government to lower the withholding tax
rates imposed on foreign investors to equal that of the treatment of
States under U.S. treaties with other nations; three, provides a narrow
interpretation for Guam to be included in the U.S. Customs Zone for the
purpose of importing betel nuts by an individual for personal
consumption; and, four, authorizes the governors of the territories and
the State of Hawaii to report to the Secretary of the Interior
Department on the financial and social impacts of the Compacts of Free
Association on their respective jurisdictions.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to add that our staff person, Manase
Mansur, this is the last bill that he has worked on. He has done us a
great job on the committee, and we wish him well in his future
endeavors.
I urge the support of Members for this measure.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
(Mr. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to revise and extend
his remarks.)
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, as you may understand, this bill is very
important to me and to the people of Guam. I certainly want to thank
all of those involved, especially the staff on both sides; the
gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young); and the ranking member, the
gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller). I thank the gentleman
for the words of support, and I also want to publicly thank the staff
for their work, on both sides, including Manase Mansur. This is
shocking news to me, that he is departing the scene.
But, in any event, as indicated, H.R. 2462 is omnibus legislation
that is comprised of four distinct sections to address issues relevant
to my home island. The legislation provides Guam the right of first
refusal for the return of future lands currently in the possession of
the Federal Government; allows the government to lower the withholding
tax rates imposed on foreign investors in order to equal it to the
treatment of States under U.S. treaties with other nations; provides a
narrow interpretation for Guam to be included in the U.S. Customs Zone
for the purpose of importing betel nuts for personal consumption; and
authorizes the governors of the territories and the State of Hawaii to
report to the Secretary of Interior on the financial and social impacts
of the Compacts of Free Association on their respective jurisdictions.
Mr. Speaker, as you can imagine, one of the most valuable resources
to an island is land. For smaller islands, such as Guam, whose land
mass is approximately 212 square miles, land is highly valued and
highly treasured. For Guam, much of our treasure was obtained by the
Federal Government in the years following World War II to assist in the
defense of our nation.
Nearly one-third of Guam, or roughly 44,000 acres, was kept by the
U.S. for use by our military. It is easy to understand why this would
be the case, because of Guam's strategic location to Asia, and it is
understandable that our military continued to retain this property
throughout the Cold War. But the Cold War is now over, and although we
still have some genuine concerns over the instability of some Asian
countries, excess Federal property on Guam should be returned to Guam,
and we have worked this very closely with the Department of Defense.
In the 103rd Congress I was successful in getting legislation passed
in Congress to return 3,200 acres of Federal land to the Government of
Guam for public benefit, and I am pleased to acknowledge the work of
our good friend the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) on that particular
bill, and I am pleased that 900 acres were deeded over to the
Government of Guam just last month, and I am anxious for the return of
more property.
H.R. 2462 builds on this policy of returning excess Federal property
on Guam to the Government of Guam before it is offered to other Federal
agencies or organizations. This legislation establishes a process where
the Government of Guam is notified that Federal land is excess, and the
island then has the opportunity to acquire it at no cost for public
benefit purposes.
H.R. 2462 also provides for a process for the Government of Guam and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to engage in negotiations on the
ownership and management of declared Federal excess lands within the
Guam National Wildlife Refuge. The administration, in discussion on
this particular section of the bill, has raised some concerns on this
part of the bill; and I assured them I will work with them to make sure
that land is returned and used for a clear public purpose.
H.R. 2462 also addresses an issue that could have great economic
potential for Guam. The Organic Act of Guam authorized the local
Government to implement a mirror image tax system the same as the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code. The Internal Revenue Code, unfortunately,
imposes a withholding tax of 30 percent on foreign investors, except
that in the case of the rest of the United States these rates have been
adjusted according to treaty obligations negotiated by the United
States with foreign countries. However, Guam is not included in those
tax treaties.
This section simply asks that Guam be treated the same as every other
jurisdiction in the United States for purposes of withholding tax for
foreign investors. This omission has cost us some foreign investment,
and this is a very critical time for our island. We are suffering over
15 percent unemployment due to the downturn in Asia. We think
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that this will give us an opportunity to recover some of our economic
success we had earlier in the 1990s.
A third section of H.R. 2462 has received a lot of attention in Guam,
not a lot of attention here, and it is humorous for many of our
constituents. My people chew the betel nut. The betel nut in a mature
form is a hard nut which has been banned from movement across the
Customs Zone. Because Guam is outside the Customs Zone, we are
sometimes treated as foreigners for this particular purpose. What this
bill does is it does not allow it to be brought in for agricultural
problems, it just says if it is for personal consumption, then it
should be allowed to go through the Customs Zone.
The last section of the bill is equally of great concern, not only
for Guam, but other U.S. areas like the Commonwealth of the Northern
Marianas and the State of Hawaii. This authorizes the governors of
those areas to submit a report and requires the Department of Interior
to respond relative to the impact of the right of citizens of three new
States, three new independent nations, to freely migrate into the
United States.
This is good sense legislation. I want to again thank the gentleman
from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from California (Mr.
George Miller) for working with me to address concerns raised by the
administration during the full committee hearing. We did make some
changes that addressed those concerns. I understand there may still
remain some issues, but I am sure we can work with them as this
legislation moves through the Senate.
Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman
from American Samoa (Mr. Faleomavaega). I am proud to say I am probably
the only person who pronounces his name right.
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I do want to commend the gentleman
from Guam for pronouncing my name properly, and you yourself, you did
very well. Sometimes I wish maybe my colleagues should call me John
Wayne just for he the sense of making it a little more clear.
Mr. Speaker, I do want to express my strong support of H.R. 2462, the
Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act, chiefly sponsored by my good friend and
colleague, the gentleman from Guam (Mr. Underwood). I want to commend
the gentleman, who also serves as the Chairman of the Asian-Pacific
Congressional Caucus. I also want to thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr.
Hansen) for his management of this legislation, and certainly want to
commend him for his assistance.
Mr. Speaker, the return of Federal excess land to the people of Guam
is an issue that has been under discussion for far too long. While the
policy of offering Federal land to other Federal agencies when it is no
longer needed by one agency is sound for most land in the continental
United States, the history of these lands is often different in insular
areas, and the Territory of Guam is an example.
In Guam, one-third of the land on the island is owned by the Federal
Government and was taken, in most cases, for military purposes. Perhaps
our colleagues are not aware of the fact that we currently have about a
$10 billion presence of military bases, military equipment and
personnel currently now on the island of Guam.
Now that the land is no longer needed, it should be returned to its
previous owners, or, at a minimum, as it is done in this bill, give the
local Government the option of acquiring it. I note in the last
Congress, Mr. Speaker, the Senate passed a similar piece of
legislation, and I hope that we can get this provision through both
houses of the Congress this year.
Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that Guam has to come to Congress
every time it wants to amend the Tax Code applicable to its own
residents. As has been noted, current law mandates a 30 percent
withholding tax on foreign investors, yet it is lower than that for
most foreign investors who invest in the 50 States. This is an obvious
disincentive for investment in the Territory of Guam, and I am glad to
see we are alleviating this burden today.
I know this issue of betel nut consumption by the people of Guam has
been an issue for some time. This bill addresses this problem by
treating Guam as being within the U.S. customs territory for the
purpose of importing betel nuts from Guam to the United States by an
individual for personal consumption. While not important to most
Americans, I guess, it is of cultural significance to many of the
people of Guam, and I suspect also my friends from the other islands of
Micronesia. I certainly support this change in the law.
Mr. Speaker, this legislation also addresses the continued problem
caused by the migration of citizens from the freely associated States,
the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and the
Republic of the Marshall Islands. The residents from these entities
migrate to Guam and other Pacific jurisdictions in the United States.
Now, while Guam and Hawaii need more than a report to assist them with
the impact of this migration, I do hope the report will provide the
basis upon which substantial assistance can and will be provided, not
only to Guam, but to all the affected Pacific jurisdictions.
Again, Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the gentleman from Alaska
(Chairman Young) and our ranking Democrat, the gentleman from
California (Mr. George Miller), for their efforts in working with all
the parties involved, and to get this legislation to the House,
especially I want to commend the gentleman from Guam (Mr. Underwood),
for his leadership in bringing this important bill to the floor. I urge
my colleagues to support this legislation.
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from American Samoa
for his kinds words.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from the Virgin
Islands (Mrs. Christensen).
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me
time.
I too rise in strong support of H.R. 2462, and I want to congratulate
and commend my good friend from Guam (Mr. Underwood) for his tireless
efforts and hard work over the several years it took to get this bill
to this point today.
As a cosponsor of H.R. 2462, I support the efforts of the gentleman
from Guam (Mr. Underwood) to return land that was taken by the U.S.
Government from the people of Guam during World War II. H.R. 2462 will
address this issue by providing a process for the Government of Guam to
receive lands from the U.S. Government for specified public purposes by
giving Guam the right of first refusal of declared Federal excess lands
by the General Services administrator prior to it being made available
to any other Federal agency.
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Mr. Speaker, the people of Guam have suffered greatly because of
their love for this country. Guamanians have been under U.S.
sovereignty since 1898. During World War II, Japanese forces invaded
and took control of Guam for 32 months. The people of Guam suffered
atrocities, including executions, rapes, beatings, imprisonment, forced
labor and forced marches, primarily due to their continued loyalty to
the United States.
Mr. Speaker, the people of Guam have been seeking to have the issues
of the return of Guam lands and restitution to Guamanians who suffered
atrocities in World War II addressed for more than a decade now. It is
time that they be resolved. How much longer must we make the people of
Guam wait? As for myself, I pledge to do all that I can to assist the
gentleman from Guam (Mr. Underwood) in finding a resolution to these
issues that is acceptable to the people of Guam.
I ask my colleagues to also support the people of Guam and to support
this legislation.
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, I just want to again thank everyone who worked hard with
the staffs of both sides, my own staff, Nick Minella, who is also
leaving. With that, I want to thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr.
Hansen) for his support and kind words. I would like to thank again the
gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) and the gentleman from
Alaska (Mr. Young) for their support on this effort.
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of
H.R. 2462--the Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act--of which I
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am a cosponsor along with the Chairman of the Resources Committee. I
recognize and congratulate our colleague from Guam, Mr. Underwood, for
his hard work and collaboration with the staff of the Committee to
craft legislation which addresses some very complex issues facing the
people of Guam. Some may not realize how difficult a job it is for the
delegates from the territories to move legislation through the Congress
and I, for one, am glad that we are considering Mr. Underwood's
legislation today.
The Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act is legislation which, among other
things, addresses two very important issues for the people of Guam--the
future return of federal excess lands on Guam and the expansion of the
island's economy. H.R. 2462 puts into place, a process wherein the
government of Guam is given first consideration in the return of
federal excess land. As chairman of the Resources Committee during the
103rd Congress, we passed legislation, authored by Mr. Underwood, which
identified 3,200 acres of federal excess lands no longer needed by the
federal government for return to the government of Guam to benefit the
people of Guam. This was the first step in helping to address the very
unique circumstances of Guam's history and the federal acquisition of
1/3 of the island after WWII for purposes of national defense.
Currently, the return of excess federal land is governed by the General
Service Administration's land return process which can completely
prevent Guam from regaining the land, in favor of other federal
interests. H.R. 2462 builds upon the success of our work during the
103rd Congress and establishes a process in which federal property no
longer necessary for the continuing operations of the defense of our
nation is returned to the government of Guam for uses consistent with
benefitting the island's community.
H.R. 2462 also contains a novel approach to increase investment into
Guam by allowing the government to match the withholding tax rates of
foreign investors to equal the same rate offered in U.S. treaties for
foreign investors doing business in the 50 states. Guam's U.S. ``mirror
image'' tax system was instituted with the passage of its organic act
in 1950. The Internal Revenue Code requires a withholding tax rate of
30 percent on foreign investors with the exception of withholding tax
rates negotiated in U.S. treaties with foreign nations. These rates are
often lowered to encourage foreign investment into the United States.
It is often the case, however, that the definition of the United States
does not include Guam or the other U.S. territories. The exclusion of
the territories, has for better or worse, penalized Guam in this
instance since the majority of their private sector development has
come from foreign sources. Amending Guam's Organic Act to equal the
withholding tax rate under U.S. treaties will boost their attraction to
foreign investors and benefit the island's long-term private sector
diversification.
I am mindful that over the past several years, the economy of Guam
has spiraled downwards due to decreased military presence and the
slumping economies in Asia. I am happy that we are attempting to
address these issues in terms of making future excess federal land
available to the island government for public benefit uses and the
lifting of restrictive taxes on foreign investors. I thank Mr.
Underwood again for his legislation and urge my colleagues to support
H.R. 2462--the Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act.
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease). The question is on the motion
offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) that the House suspend
the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2462, as amended.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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