AMERICAN SAMOA

Articles and editorials

Why Is American Samoa Exempted From Wage Hike?, H510 [12JA]

Bills and resolutions

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit placement of statues honoring a citizen of each U.S. territory in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 3104), H8184 [19JY]

Dept. of Energy: expand application of the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program and authorize loans for ocean thermal energy conversion projects (see H.R. 2838), H7010 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: ensure that certain questions are placed on the ballot of the 2008 general election (see H.R. 1785), H3358 [29MR]

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. 392), H342 [10JA]

Federal employees: provide that Federal employees shall be paid the same nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance as if stationed in Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 1786), H3358 [29MR]

House Rules: permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (see H. Res. 78), H789 [19JA]

———permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (H. Res. 78), consideration (see H. Res. 86), H885 [23JA]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 51), H112 [5JA]

———remove cap on payments for certain territories (see H.R. 614), H834 [22JA]

Minimum wage: apply to American Samoa (see H.R. 509), H670 [17JA]

Taxation: expand and extend the economic development tax credit to American Samoa (see H.R. 1916), H3560 [18AP]

Territories: honor contributions of individuals from the territories of the U.S. by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 2), H119 [5JA]

Voting: extend to elections for certain offices in American Samoa the right to use absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters (see H.R. 2835), H7010 [22JN]

Letters

Permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union: several Representatives, H898 [24JA]

Motions

House Rules: permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (H. Res. 78), consideration (H. Res. 86), H900 [24JA]

Press releases

Faleomavaega Comments on Minimum Wage Bill Now Before Congress: Representative Faleomavaega, H509 [12JA]

Remarks in House

Democratic Party: national agenda, H577 [17JA]

Dept. of the Interior: ensure that certain questions are placed on the ballot of the 2008 general election (H.R. 1785), E691 [29MR]

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 (H.R. 392), H851-H855 [23JA], E68 [10JA], E181, E192 [24JA]

Federal employees: provide that Federal employees shall be paid the same nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance as if stationed in Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 1786), E697 [30MR]

House Rules: permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (H. Res. 78), H769-H771 [19JA], H828 [22JA], H837-H839, H841, H878 [23JA], H889, H890, H903-H913 [24JA]

———permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (H. Res. 78), consideration (H. Res. 86), H891-H902 [24JA]

Minimum wage: apply to American Samoa, H425-H432 [11JA], H492, H502, H508-H510 [12JA], H731, H732, H733 [18JA], H778, H779 [19JA]

Taxation: expand and extend the economic development tax credit to American Samoa, H13457 [9NO]

Remarks in Senate

Minimum wage: apply to American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, S4035, S4036 [28MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H. Res. 78, Permit Delegates and Resident Commissioner to Congress To Cast Votes in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 86) (H. Rept. 110-3), H885 [23JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 78, permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, H904 [24JA]

H. Res. 86, consideration of H. Res. 78, permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, H891 [24JA]

H.R. 392, District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act, H851 [23JA]