TERRITORIES (U.S.)

Amendments

Hawaii: recognize Hui Panala’au colonists who occupied remote Pacific islands on behalf of the U.S. prior to, and immediately after, World War II and extend condolences to families of those who lost their lives there (S. Res. 109), S3247, S3250 [21MY]

Minimum wage: postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), S7050, S7052 [30SE], H6779 [1OC]

Articles and editorials

Rescue Plan for Puerto Rico, S8770 [17DE]

Save Puerto Rico Before It Goes Broke, S8770 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions

Compact of Free Association: provide for adequate impact aid to affected States and territories (see H.R. 854), H917 [10FE]

Courts: increase duration of terms for district courts judges in the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3607), H6227 [24SE]

Dept. of Education: increase low-income student assistance funding for outlying areas (see H.R. 851), H916 [10FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: guarantee principal and interest payments on bonds issued by Puerto Rico, including its public corporations and instrumentalities, contingent on improvement of public finances management (see H.R. 3725), H6935 [8OC]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify criteria used to determine division of funds under the Territorial Highway Program (see H.R. 3877), H7389 [2NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands who are suffering from radiation-related illness (see H.R. 3870), H7389 [2NO]

Federal-State relations: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (see S. 2360), S8438 [7DE]

Financial institutions: clarify that certain laws regulating deposit holds apply to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 1367), H1660 [16MR]

——— terminate the exemption from certain regulations of investment companies located in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and any other possession of the U.S. (see H.R. 3610), H6259 [25SE]

Guam: provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam (see H.R. 3642), H6704 [29SE]

——— provide reforms through the Organic Act of Guam (see H.R. 4091), H8410 [19NO]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H37 [6JA]

Hawaii: recognize Hui Panala’au colonists who occupied remote Pacific islands on behalf of the U.S. prior to, and immediately after, World War II and extend condolences to families of those who lost their lives there (see S. Res. 109), S1781 [24MR] (see H. Res. 169), H1900 [24MR]

House Rules: allow Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to file, sign, and call up discharge petitions (see H. Res. 499), H7254 [27OC]

——— permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (see H. Res. 44), H532 [22JA]

Medicaid: restore coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the U.S. under the Compacts of Free Association with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau (see S. 1301), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 2249), H2876 [12MY]

Medicare: change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico (see S. 1453), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 1418), H1767 [18MR]

——— make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income beneficiaries in Puerto Rico or other territories (see S. 2342), S8306 [2DE] (see H.R. 4163), H8970 [2DE]

——— provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals relative to inpatient hospital payments (see H.R. 1417), H1767 [18MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: make improvements to the treatment of the U.S. territories (see S. 1961), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 2635), H3877 [3JN]

Minimum wage: postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (see H.R. 2575), H3577 [26MY] (see H.R. 2617), H3757 [2JN]

——— stop a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa and provide that any future increases shall be determined by the government of American Samoa (see H.R. 2574), H3577 [26MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: establish units of the National Guard (see H.R. 3649), H6705 [29SE]

Puerto Rico: provide a short-term stay from legal actions by certain creditors until debt restructuring legislation has passed (see S. 2436), S8883 [18DE] (see H.R. 4290), H10710 [18DE]

——— provide assistance and support through tax relief and financial and pension reforms (see S. 2381), S8547 [9DE]

——— set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H811 [4FE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 1774), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 870), H980 [11FE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings and establish Puerto Rico Financial Stability Council (see H.R. 4199), H9205 [9DE]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.: designate (see H.R. 134), H40 [6JA]

Social Security: provide greater transparency and information relative to Federal expenditures under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in U.S. territories (see H.R. 1570), H1899 [24MR]

——— reduce Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program fraud in U.S. territories (see H.R. 3444), H5847 [8SE]

SSI: authorize extension to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 1822), H2269 [15AP]

Tariff: extend the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in U.S. insular areas (see H.R. 2118), H2654 [29AP]

Taxation: make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3553), H6136 [17SE]

——— make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit and provide equitable treatment relative to the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 2203), S7470 [22OC] (see H.R. 4213), H9269 [10DE]

——— provide equitable treatment for residents of Puerto Rico relative to the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3552), H6136 [17SE]

——— reimburse each possession of the U.S. for the cost of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 4309), H10710 [18DE]

——— repeal limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2117), H2653 [29AP]

——— tax bona fide District of Columbia residents in the same manner as residents of U.S. possessions (see H.R. 1813), H2268 [15AP]

Virgin Islands: establish a program that enables college-bound residents to have greater choices among institutions of higher education by allowing students to pay in-State tuition in certain States (see H.R. 4191), H9079 [8DE]

——— establish a visa waiver program (see H.R. 2116), H2653 [29AP]

——— issue commemorative postage stamp commemorating the anniversary of the purchase of the territories (see H. Res. 291), H3757 [2JN]

Virgin Islands of the U.S. Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 2615), H3757 [2JN]

Letters

Treat Puerto Rico as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings: several organizations, S8771 [17DE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for certain military activities on public lands in the Northern Mariana Islands, H4119, H4120 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: increase low-income student assistance funding for outlying areas (H.R. 851), E191 [10FE]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Insular Affairs funding, H4938 [8JY]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify criteria used to determine division of funds under the Territorial Highway Program, H7606, H7607 [3NO], H7640 [4NO]

Financial institutions: clarify that certain laws regulating deposit holds apply to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 1367), H2124, H2125 [13AP]

Guam: provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam (H.R. 3642), E1388 [29SE]

——— provide reforms through the Organic Act of Guam (H.R. 4091), E1660 [19NO]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (H.R. 44), E10 [6JA]

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, H17 [6JA], H57 [7JA]

——— permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (H. Res. 44), E100 [22JA]

Medicare: change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico (H.R. 1418), H1728 [18MR], H5596 [29JY]

——— provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals relative to inpatient hospital payments (H.R. 1417), H1728 [18MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: make improvements to the treatment of the U.S. territories (H.R. 2635), H3769 [3JN]

Minimum wage: postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), H6281–H6284 [28SE]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), Senate amendment, H6779, H6780 [1OC]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H2132–H2139 [13AP], E951 [23JN], E1077 [16JY]

Northern Marianas Humanities Council: documentation of history and institution of ceremonial farewell for Samoans exiled to the Mariana Islands in 1909 by the German colonial regime, H3585 [1JN]

Puerto Rico: Medicaid funding, H2887 [13MY]

——— provide a short-term stay from legal actions by certain creditors until debt restructuring legislation has passed (H.R. 4290), unanimous-consent request, H10695 [18DE]

——— set forth the process to be admitted as a State, H53 [7JA], H230 [13JA], H413 [20JA], H4873 [8JY]

——— set forth the process to be admitted as a State (H.R. 727), H760 [4FE], H1573 [4MR], H2362 [22AP], H5596 [29JY]

——— status of economic crisis, H4873 [8JY], H5528 [28JY], H9378 [17DE]

——— status of economic crisis (Spanish translation), H5595 [29JY]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings, H9386, H9664, H9675, H9680, H9681, H9684 [17DE], E1835 [18DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (H.R. 870), H5596 [29JY], H9084 [9DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings and establish Puerto Rico Financial Stability Council (H.R. 4199), H9266 [10DE]

SSI: authorize extension to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (H.R. 1822), H2217 [15AP]

Territories: insular areas territorial assistance funding, H4746 [25JN]

Travel and tourism: promote tourism to U.S. territories in wake of normalized relations with Cuba, H5126 [14JY]

Virgin Islands: issue commemorative postage stamp commemorating the anniversary of the purchase of the territories (H. Res. 291), H3905 [4JN]

——— tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, E711 [14MY]

Virgin Islands of the U.S. Centennial Commission: establish (H.R. 2615), H3905 [4JN]

Voting: extend full voting rights to U.S. territories, H1514 [2MR]

Voting Rights Act: anniversary, H5344 [22JY]

——— reauthorize, H838 [5FE], H1653–H1660 [16MR], H2364 [22AP], H5113 [13JY], H5409 [23JY], H5609 [29JY], E340 [17MR]

Remarks in Senate

Federal-State relations: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (S. 2360), S8439 [7DE]

Hawaii: recognize Hui Panala’au colonists who occupied remote Pacific islands on behalf of the U.S. prior to, and immediately after, World War II and extend condolences to families of those who lost their lives there (S. Res. 109), S3250 [21MY], S3305 [22MY]

Medicare: change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico (S. 1453), S7517 [27OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: make improvements to the treatment of the U.S. territories (S. 1961), S6887 [22SE]

Minimum wage: postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), S7052 [30SE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, S2395 [23AP]

Puerto Rico: provide assistance and support through tax relief and financial and pension reforms (S. 2381), S8867–S8869 [18DE]

——— status of economic crisis, S6887 [22SE], S8183–S8186 [30NO]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings, S8183–S8186 [30NO], S8593 [10DE], S8735 [17DE], S8867 [18DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (S. 1774), S6887 [22SE], S7517 [27OC], S8514–S8516 [9DE], S8768–S8773 [17DE]

——— treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (S. 1774), unanimous-consent request, S8514 [9DE]

Taxation: make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit and provide equitable treatment relative to the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S8184 [30NO]

Reports filed

Clarify That Certain Laws Regulating Deposit Holds Apply to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1367) (H. Rept. 114–61), H2151 [13AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1367, clarify that certain laws regulating deposit holds apply to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, H2124 [13AP]

H.R. 2617, postpone a scheduled minimum wage increase applicable to American Samoa, H6281 [28SE]

S. Res. 109, recognize Hui Panala’au colonists of Hawaii who occupied remote Pacific islands on behalf of the U.S. prior to, and immediately after, World War II and extend condolences to families of those who lost their lives there, S1784 [24MR], S3250 [21MY]