GUAM

Announcements

House of Representatives: receipt of Resident Commissioner and Delegate credentials, H2 [7JA]

Articles and editorials

Moving Moment of Silence on Marine Drive, E2272 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions

Animals: control and eradicate the brown tree snake in Guam and prevent introduction of the brown tree snake to other areas of the U.S. (see H.R. 3479), H11133 [7NO]

Colleges and universities: increase number of persons appointed to the military service academies from Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2004), H3760 [7MY]

Compact of Free Association: amend to provide adequate Compact-impact aid (see H.R. 2716), H6706 [14JY]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 2723), H6706 [14JY]

———clarify local judicial structure (see H.R. 2400), H5173 [10JN]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 562), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1033), H1464 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (see H.R. 1486), H2471 [27MR]

Dept. of HUD: guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (see H.R. 2422), H5265 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: reduce, release, or waive amounts owed by the Government of Guam to the U.S. to offset unreimbursed compact impact expenses (see H.R. 2522), H5661 [19JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2993), H7838 [3SE]

McCool, William C.: rename Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Dept. of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor (see H.R. 672), H390 [11FE]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 675), H390 [11FE]

Territories: increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (see H.R. 1189), H1744 [11MR]

Petitions and memorials

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: inclusion, E1409 [8JY]

Remarks in House

Ada, Pedro P.: Guam Chamber of Commerce Guam Business Hall of Fame inductee, E1093 [2JN]

Animals: control and eradicate the brown tree snake in Guam and prevent introduction of the brown tree snake to other areas of the U.S. (H.R. 3479), E2283, E2284 [7NO]

Calvo's Insurance Underwriters, Inc.: anniversary, E2459 [25NO]

Compact of Free Association: amend to provide adequate Compact-impact aid (H.R. 2716), E1471, E1475 [14JY]

Continental Airlines, Inc.: anniversary of Continental Micronesia, E1335 [24JN]

Courts: clarify local judicial structure (H.R. 2400), E1201 [11JN]

Crisostomo, David: Gannett Co., Inc., Newsroom Supervisor Recognition Award recipient, E2551 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding to overhaul, repair, or maintain naval vessels in shipyards outside the U.S. or Guam, H6301, H6302 [8JY]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study of the dropout rate of Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam (H.R. 1486), E1076 [23MY]

Dept. of HUD: guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (H.R. 2422), E1211 [11JN]

Dept. of State: revise geographic definition of U.S. to include U.S. territories for purposes of educational travel from a foreign area posting, H6808 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Insular Affairs funding, H6962 [16JY]

———reduce, release, or waive amounts owed by the Government of Guam to the U.S. to offset unreimbursed compact impact expenses (H.R. 2522), E1320 [20JN]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools, E200 [12FE]

Guam Council of Women's Clubs: anniversary, E2553 [15DE]

Marine Corps: anniversary, E2272 [6NO]

McCool, William C.: rename Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Dept. of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor (H.R. 672), H1355-H1356 [26FE]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (H.R. 675), E199 [12FE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: inclusion, E1409 [8JY]

Taxation: effects of proposed tax cuts on revenue, H3646 [6MY]

Territories: eligibility for supplemental, contingency, and child care block grant programs funding, H528 [13FE]

———increase the number of military academy appointments from American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, H4419 [21MY], H4604 [22MY]

———increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (H.R. 1189), H11468, H11469 [18NO], E2362 [20NO], E2456 [25NO]

Tolentino, Nino J.: Scripps Howard Regional Spelling Bee winner for Guam, E1648 [25JY]

Typhoons: disaster assistance to Guam, H175 [28JA], H2747 [3AP]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 562), S3319 [6MR], S3499 [11MR]

McCool, William C.: rename Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Dept. of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor (H.R. 672), S4917 [7AP], S5044 [9AP]

Reports filed

Increase Waiver Requirement for Certain Local Matching Requirements for Grants Provided to Territories: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1189) (H. Rept. 108-119), H4366 [20MY]

Nomination of Leonardo M. Rapadas To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5949 [8MY]

Summaries

Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act (H.R. 2716), E1471 [14JY]

Texts of

H.R. 672, rename Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Dept. of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor of William C. McCool, H1355 [26FE]

H.R. 1189, increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to certain territories, H11468 [18NO]

S. 562, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act, S3320 [6MR]

Tributes

Blaz, Ben Garrido, E2272 [6NO]