FALEOMAVAEGA, ENI F.H. (a Delegate from American Samoa)

Articles and editorials

Boycott Canned Tuna Made by Child Labor, by, Hill (publication), E1687• [2DE]

Buzz on Bumble Bee, by, Hill (publication), E1688• [2DE]

Change Will Prevail, by, and Suzan Shown Harjo, Hill (publication), E1436• [17SE]

Landlubber Diplomacy Won’t Work in Fiji, by, Hill (publication), E1667• [1DE]

Tuna Firms Spar Over School Lunch Access, Kevin Bogardus, Hill (publication), E1687• [2DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Indian Trust Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 4388), H2913 [3AP]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 605), H5022 [29MY]

Burma: call for an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect of internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups (see H. Res. 418), H2066 [27FE]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H3365 [30AP]

Dept. of Education: require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 5343), H7677 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (see H.R. 5803), H8932 [9DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 4816), H5250 [10JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Justice: promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement (see H.R. 4265), H4017 [8MY]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

India: recognize importance of 2014 elections (see H. Res. 607), H5399 [17JN]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H1481 [28JA]

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see H. Con. Res. 91), H2362 [12MR]

Medicare: limit charges for contract health services provided to Indians by Medicare providers of services and suppliers (see H.R. 4843), H7893 [18SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see H.R. 5060), H6105 [10JY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 586), H4475 [19MY]

Native Americans: restore opportunity by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe for tribal economic development on terms that are equal and fair (see H.R. 1144), H2361 [12MR]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H4061 [9MY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2854 [2AP]

Railroads: issue commemorative postage stamp in honor of Chinese railroad workers from 1865 to 1869 (see H. Res. 751), H7938 [12NO]

Social Security: allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (see H.R. 5274), H7125 [30JY]

Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2611 [24MR]

Taxation: prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term ‘‘redskins’’ (see H.R. 5690), H8171 [20NO]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 533), H2802 [1AP]

World War II: recognize National Day of Remembrance to observe anniversary of Executive order restricting freedom of German and Italian Americans and ordering internment of Japanese Americans (see H. Res. 482), H1771 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Asia: reaffirm peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in South China Sea and East China Sea and support freedom of navigation and other lawful uses of sea and airspace (see H. Res. 714), H7296 [8SE]

Dept. of Labor: include American Samoa in certain employment services (see H.R. 4311), H2695 [26MR]

Chronologies

Federal minimum wage affecting American Samoa: by, E1710•–E1712• [3DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Labor: include American Samoa in certain employment services (H.R. 4311), H2696 [26MR]

Factsheets

China’s Latest Illegal Activities in Vietnam’s EEZ, E716• [8MY]

Operations of China’s HD–981 Oil Rig in Vietnam’s Waters, E715• [8MY]

Press releases

$25 Million Grant for American Samoa Clean-Up and Recovery: by (2009), E1689• [2DE]

Bumble BeeWare, Why America’s School Kids Should Just Say No to Tuna Sandwiches Made by Child Labor: by, E1688• [2DE]

CARES Commission Agrees With Faleomavaega; VA Clinic Should Be Established in American Samoa: by (2004), E1654• [20NO]

Congressman Faleomavaega Applauds CMS Decision To Increase Medicaid FMAP for Eligible Territories: by, E1729• [3DE]

Congressman Faleomavaega Meets With General Wojtecki To Discuss National Guard Feasibility Study: by, E1692• [2DE]

Faleomavaega and Major General Robert Lee Meet To Discuss Their Ongoing Effort to Establish National Guard Unit in American Samoa: by (2005), E1691• [2DE]

Faleomavaega and McDonalds Meet To Discuss Construction at Utulei Beach: by (2005), E1651• [20NO]

Faleomavaega Announces Release of American Samoa Quarter: by (2009), E1662• [20NO]

Faleomavaega Calls for Cooperation Not Confrontation: by (2009), E1719• [3DE]

Faleomavaega Calls Upon McDonalds Corporate Officers To Intervene and Halt Construction at Utulei Beach: by (2005), E1651• [20NO]

Faleomavaega Commends U.S. Department of State’s Brief in Tuaua v. U.S.: by, E1697• [2DE]

Faleomavaega Informs Governor That Minimum Wage Is Not the Reason for Samoa Packing Relocating to Georgia: by (2009), E1719• [3DE]

Faleomavaega Introduces Legislation To Combat Tobacco Smuggling in American Samoa and Other U.S. Territories: by (2012), E1717• [3DE]

Faleomavaega Makes Final Appeal to McDonald’s Corp.: by (2006), E1647• [20NO]

Faleomavaega Opposes the Recently Filed Lawsuit To Force Citizenship on Every Person Born in American Samoa: by (2012), E1697• [2DE]

Faleomavaega Pushes Air National Guard for American Samoa: by (2009), E1692• [2DE]

Faleomavaega Recommends That New Army Reserve Center Be Named in Honor of the Late SFC Konelio Pele: by (2006), E1726• [3DE]

Faleomavaega Requests Expedited Assistance in Establishing a Hawaii National Guard Presence in American Samoa: by (2005), E1691• [2DE]

Faleomavaega Responds to Governor Togiola’s Comments About Citizenship Legislation: by (2008), E1696• [2DE]

Faleomavaega Responds to Governors Recent Comments About McDonalds: by (2006), E1652• [20NO]

Faleomavaega Speaks Out About Confusion Surrounding ASCC’s Upward Bound Program: by (2003), E1670• [1DE]

Faleomavaega Stands With Democratic Colleagues To Fight for Territory’s Medicaid Funding: by (2012), E1728• [3DE]

Faleomavaega Testifies Before Political Status Commission: by (2006), E1698• [2DE]

Faleomavaega Thanks Senator DeMint for Allowing Minimum Wage Delay To Move Forward by Unanimous Consent: by (2010), E1722• [3DE]

Faleomavaega Thanks U.S. Dept. of Labor for Releasing Over $24 Million To Assist Clean-Up and Recovery Efforts in American Samoa: by (2009), E1689• [2DE]

Faleomavaega Thanks US National Park Service for Responding to His Concerns About Its Recent Meeting With Governor Togiola Regarding McDonalds Lease: by (2006), E1647• [20NO]

Faleomavaega Visits U.N. and Requests Official Clarification of U.S. Policy Regarding American Samoa’s Status Before the Decolonization Committee: by (2006), E1669• [1DE]

First Step in Establishing a VA Medical Clinic in American Samoa Is Underway: by (2000), E1654• [20NO]

Future Political Status Study Commission Report Now Available Online: by (2007), E1699• [2DE]

House and Senate Pass Veterans Bill and Includes Faleomavaega’s Provision for Non-Samoan Veterans Married to Samoans To Qualify for VA Home Loans: by (2006), E1659• [20NO]

House Passes Bill To Provide American Samoa With a Commemorative Quarter: by (2004), E1662• [20NO]

House Passes Faleomavaega Bill To Provide ASG Authority To Issue Bonds Exempt From State and Local Taxation: by (2003), E1695• [2DE]

House Passes Final Version of Health Care Legislation, Includes Increase in Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchange for American Samoa: by (2010), E1728• [3DE]

House Passes Historic Transportation Bill and Includes Faleomavaega’s Request of Additional $14 Million for Village Road Improvements in America Samoa: by (2004), E1657• [20NO]

House Passes Interior Appropriations Bill With Over $33 Million for American Samoa; Urges Accountability of Federal Funds and Discourages Commercial Development of Utulei Beach: by (2006), E1648• [20NO]

House Passes Minimum Wage Delay for American Samoa on Anniversary of Tsunami; H.R. 3940 Now Awaiting President’s Signature: by (2010), E1722• [3DE]

House Passes VA Housing Assistance Bill and Includes Faleomavaega Provision for American Samoas Veterans and Their Spouses: by (2005), E1659• [20NO]

House Transportation Committee Agrees To Increase Highway Funding for Territories and Include $14 Million for Village Road and Other Improvements in American Samoa: by (2004), E1656• [20NO]

National Defense Authorization Act for 2014: by (2013), E1692• [2DE]

New U.S. Army Reserve Center in American Samoa Will Be Named in Honor of Samoan Soldiers: by (2006), E1727• [3DE]

President Bush Signs Faleomavaega’s Bill and Agrees That American Samoa’s Troops Should Have the Right To Vote: by (2004), E1704• [2DE]

President Obama Signs Minimum Wage Delay Into Law: by (2010), E1723• [3DE]

President Signs Into Law Legislation Faleomavaega Introduced To Increase the Number of Military Academy Appointments From American Samoa: by (2003), E1725• [3DE]

Quarter Dollar Bill Commemorating American Samoa and Other Territories Reintroduced: by (2005), E1662• [20NO]

Resources Committee Holds Hearing on Election Bill, Lieutenant Governor Testifies: by (2003), E1702• [2DE]

Secretary Clinton Gets It Done; Emergency Relief Supplies To Be Airlifted From Greater Los Angeles Area to Samoa in Response to Devastating Tsunami: by (2009), E1693• [2DE]

Senate Holds Hearing on Faleomavaega Bill To Protect Voting Rights on Active Duty Service Members and Overseas Voters: by (2004), E1701• [2DE]

Senate Passes Faleomavaega’s Bill To Develop American Samoa’s Economy by Providing ASG With Authority To Issue Bonds Exempt From Taxation: by (2004), E1695• [2DE]

Senate Passes Faleomavaega’s Bill To Protect Voting Rights of American Samoa’s Active Duty Service Members; President Bush Expected To Sign Bill Into Law Within 30 Days: by (2004), E1703• [2DE]

Senate Passes Minimum Wage Delay by Unanimous Consent: by (2010), E1722• [3DE]

U.S. Army Reserve Gets Approval To Construct $20 Million Facility at Tafuna Airport: by (2000), E1726• [3DE]

U.S. Dept. of Labor Awards $500,000 in Supplemental National Emergency Grant Funding to American Samoa Dept. of Human Resources: by (2012), E1690• [2DE]

U.S. Dept. of Labor Notifies Faleomavaega That Over $16 Million Will Be Released to ASG for About 2,200 Temporary Workers To Continue Clean-Up and Recovery Efforts: by (2010), E1690• [2DE]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton To Stopover in American Samoa on November 7, 2010: by (2010), E1678• [1DE]

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Approves Faleomavaega’s Request To Establish VA Clinic in American Samoa: by (2004), E1655• [20NO]

U.S. Treasury Sending $20.4 Million to ASG To Pay Out Economic Stimulus Payments to Qualifying Residents: by (2008), E1700• [2DE]

Remarks

All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society: tribute, E490• [2AP]

American Samoa: record of Federal expenditures, E1713• [3DE]

American Samoa Flag Day: observance, H3125 [9AP]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons, E998• [17JN]

Asia: reaffirm peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in South China Sea and East China Sea and support freedom of navigation and other lawful uses of sea and airspace (H. Res. 714), H8352 [3DE]

——— stop exploitation through sex trafficking, E1672• [1DE]

Burma: political and economic reform, E1585• [14NO]

Cambodia: U.S. policy, E1581• [14NO]

China: violation of sovereignty of Vietnam in the South China Sea, E715• [8MY]

Climate: global warming, E998• [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), H7464• [15SE]

Financial institutions: clarify that certain laws regulating deposit holds apply to American Samoa (H.R. 1679), H5139 [9JN]

Health: personal account of October, 2013, medical episode and expression of gratitude to those who assisted, E1772•–E1774• [10DE]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H8353 [3DE], H8821 [8DE], E1772•–E1774• [10DE]

Hussin, Awang A.: U.S. visit by Malaysian Ambassador, E955• [11JN]

India: anniversary of S.P. Mandali’s Naralkar Institute, E1190• [17JY]

Japan: anniversary of House resolution encouraging issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II, E1270• [30JY]

——— encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II, E142• [29JA], E269• [27FE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, E22• [8JA]

Jung Cheong Rae: commend efforts to oppose White House petition calling for removal of Glendale, CA, ‘‘Comfort Woman’’ statue honoring women forced into prostitution by Japanese army during World War II, E142• [29JA]

Kazakhstan: independence anniversary, E1673• [1DE]

Laos: U.S. policy, E1576• [14NO]

Malaysia: U.S. policy, E955• [11JN]

Mongolia: democracy efforts, E1578• [14NO]

U.S.-Vietnam trade relations: anniversary, E171• [5FE]

Vietnam: human rights improvements, E496• [2AP]

——— tribute to recognition of Interim Representative Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, E894• [30MY], E907• [5JN]

Washington Redskins (football team): call for name change, H4841 [28MY], E1436• [17SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H8285, H8349, H8351–H8353 [3DE], E1815 [12DE]

Statements

U.S. Nuclear Testing Program in the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Tony A. deBrum, E998• [17JN]

Treaties

American Samoa Treaty of Cession, H3125 [9AP]

Tributes

Blaz, Ben Garrido, E39• [9JA]

deBrum, Tony A., E998• [17JN]

Duong, Luan Thuy, E25• [8JA]

Heng, Hem, E1581• [14NO]

Magalei, Taofi and Masinaatoa, E1088• [26JN]

Modi, Narendra, E765• [19MY], E775• [20MY]

Myerson, Mark S., E1715• [3DE]

Nguyen An Ha, E1675• [1DE]

Nguyen Quoc Cuong, E1521• [12NO]

Razak, Najib, E1225• [24JY]

Saudabay, Meruyert, E1676• [1DE]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, H4842 [28MY]

Soukhathivong, Seng, E1576• [14NO]