AMERICAN SAMOA

Bills and resolutions

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 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]

Elections: protect voting rights of members of the Armed Forces in the election of House of Representatives Delegate (see H.R. 2010), H3761 [7MY]

Medicaid: provide American Samoa with treatment similar to that provided to States (see H.R. 1188), H1744 [11MR]

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

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa (see H.R. 3065), H8174 [10SE]

Taxation: extend possession tax credit for an additional period to American Samoa (see H.R. 1424), H2310 [25MR]

———treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by American Samoa (see H.R. 982), H1461 [27FE]

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

Remarks in House

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]

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

Taxation: treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by American Samoa (H.R. 982), H10311, H10312 [4NO]

Territories: 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]

———Resident Instruction and Distance Education Grants Program funding, H6624 [14JY]

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]

Tax Treatment of Bonds and Other Obligations Issued by American Samoa: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 982) (H. Rept. 108-102), H9281 [7OC]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 982) (H. Rept. 108-102), H4203 [15MY]

Texts of

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

Tributes

Sunia, Tauese P.F., S4699 [2AP]