TERRITORIES (U.S.)

Addresses

U.S. Obligations and Policy Options on Iran Conference: John Bolton, E681 [27AP]

Amendments

Palau: approve results of the review of Compact of Free Association between the U.S. and Palau (S. 343), S7983 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions

Corp. for National and Community Service: make certain U.S. territories eligible for Nonprofit Capacity Building Program grants (see H.R. 5897), H3480 [5JN]

Crime: include certain territories and possessions of the U.S. in the definition of State for purposes of trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (see H.R. 5934), H3698 [8JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: treat Puerto Rico in the same manner as States for purposes of carrying out the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4280), H1739 [28MR]

Dept. of Justice: improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4195), H1359 [9MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: prevent fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of U.S. territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns (see H.R. 6583), H6323 [2NO]

Health: extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories (see H.R. 6585), H6326 [6NO]

Immigration: waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan U.S. nationals to become U.S. citizens (see H.R. 4021), H725 [14FE]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for territories (see H.R. 5566), H2442 [8MY]

Medicare: provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals relative to inpatient hospital payments (see H.R. 4065), H901 [16FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 2474), S2823 [26AP]

National Guard: establish units in American Samoa (see H.R. 6294), H5704 [2AU]

Navy: expand certain restrictions relative to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to vessels with a homeport in the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 4338), H1804 [29MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: include in employment services provided under Wagner-Peyser Act (see H.R. 4339), H1804 [29MR]

——— prevent Federal funds from being used for any construction project exceeding a certain cost unless the workforce is composed of a certain percentage of U.S. workers (see H.R. 4037), H801 [15FE]

Public welfare programs: eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 5824), H3103 [17MY]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.: designate (see H.R. 6147), H5008 [18JY]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3812), H158 [24JA]

Tariff: extend the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in U.S. insular areas (see H.R. 3979), H640 [8FE]

Taxation: extend the increased limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 4374), H1914 [17AP]

Virgin Islands: establish a visa waiver program (see H.R. 5875), H3362 [31MY]

——— provide energy crisis relief (see H.R. 6631), H6622 [4DE]

——— provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court (see H.R. 6116), H4862 [12JY]

Letters

Expand Navy restrictions relative to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to vessels with a homeport in the Northern Mariana Islands: Eddie Calvo, Governor of Guam, H3060 [17MY]

——— Mathews Pothen, Guam Shipyard, H3060 [17MY]

Insular Areas Act: Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H4889 [17JY]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4889 [17JY]

——— Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H4889 [17JY]

Remarks in House

American Samoa: delay increase in minimum wage, H4890–H4892 [17JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: make certain U.S. territories eligible for Nonprofit Capacity Building Program grants (H.R. 5897), E974 [5JN]

Crime: include certain territories and possessions of the U.S. in the definition of State for purposes of trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (H.R. 5934), H6355–H6357 [14NO], E1757 [15NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: treat Puerto Rico in the same manner as States for purposes of carrying out the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 4280), H1644 [28MR]

Dept. of Energy: continue monitoring of impact of the U.S. nuclear testing program on Runit Island of the Marshall Islands, H4890 [17JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: supplement Bureau of Customs and Border Protection funding in Puerto Rico with general appropriations when a shortage occurs in Puerto Rico Trust Fund, H3632 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 1141), H87 [23JA]

Federal-State relations: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (S. 2009), H4888–H4894 [17JY]

Immigration: waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan U.S. nationals to become U.S. citizens (H.R. 4021), E192 [14FE]

Medicaid: adjust cap on payments and statutory matching rate for territories, H2607, H2611, H2614, H2627, H2628, H2630 [10MY], E1247 [12JY]

——— prohibit reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for territories, E755 [9MY]

Medicare: provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals relative to inpatient hospital payments (H.R. 4065), H818 [16FE]

National Guard: establish units in American Samoa (H.R. 6294), E1421 [3AU]

Navy: expand certain restrictions relative to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to vessels with a homeport in the Northern Mariana Islands, H3059–H3061 [17MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: include in employment services provided under Wagner-Peyser Act (H.R. 4339), E491 [29MR]

——— prevent Federal funds from being used for any construction project exceeding a certain cost unless the workforce is composed of a certain percentage of U.S. workers (H.R. 4037), E204 [15FE]

Public welfare programs: eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (H.R. 5824), H2820 [17MY]

Puerto Rico: plebiscite to determine status of territory, H6156 [20SE], H6346 [14NO]

——— proposal for construction of natural gas pipeline, H4777 [11JY]

Roads and highways: provide for participation in Federal-aid highway discretionary programs (H.R. 2734), H4625 [29JN]

——— Territorial Highway Program funding, H4625, H4626 [29JN]

Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands: anniversary of Mount Carmel School, H5932 [13SE], E1515 [13SE]

Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) Marianas Variety News & Views: anniversary, H1547 [26MR], E441 [26MR]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 3812), H130 [24JA]

Virgin Islands: economic impact of closure of HOVENSA L.L.C., oil refinery, H98, H102 [23JA]

——— establish Office of Chief Financial Officer (H.R. 3706), H5435–H5437 [31JY], H5618 [1AU]

——— provide energy crisis relief (H.R. 6631), E1875 [4DE]

——— provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court (H.R. 6116), H6353–H6355 [14NO]

Remarks in Senate

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (S. 2474), S2830 [26AP]

Virgin Islands: provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court (H.R. 6116), S8046 [13DE]

Reports filed

Virgin Islands Office of Chief Financial Officer Establishment: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3706) (H. Rept. 112–600), H4906 [17JY]

Statements

Enewetak People—Challenges Facing the Only Population Ever Resettled on a Nuclear Test Site: Jack Ading, H4891 [17JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1141, Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act, H87 [23JA]

H.R. 3706, Virgin Islands Office of Chief Financial Officer establishment, H5435 [31JY]

H.R. 5934, Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act, H6355 [14NO]

H.R. 6116, provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, H6353 [14NO]

S. 2009, Insular Areas Act, H4889 [17JY]