GUAM

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of the Census: conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2773), H3841 [15MY]

Commission on Civil Rights: establish advisory committees for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 4068), H7467 [25JY]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 1797), S3362 [12JN] (see H.R. 78), H203 (see H.R. 215), H209 [3JA]

——— appoint additional Federal circuit judges for the ninth circuit, divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, and appoint additional judges to certain district courts (see S. 722), S1734 [7MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for parity for Guam and the Virgin Islands under national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1352), H2101 [25FE]

Dept. of Defense: report on vulnerabilities from sea level rise to certain military installations located outside the continental U.S. (see H.R. 3309), H4770 [18JN]

Dept. of Education: establish a program that enables college-bound residents of certain territories to have greater choices among institutions of higher education by allowing students to pay in-State tuition in certain States (see H.R. 404), H358 [9JA]

——— provide Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding parity for certain territories known as ‘‘outlying areas’’ (see H.R. 2437), H3403 [1MY]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 947), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 3783), H5911 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior: create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see S. 3117), S7207 [19DE] (see H.R. 2918), H4118 [22MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: make technical corrections to Guam World War II Claims Fund to appropriate previously authorized war claims to World War II survivors on Guam (see H.R. 1141), H1517 [11FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Guam, American Samoa, and Johnston Atoll (see H.R. 1713), H2715 [13MR]

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 1365), H2233 [26FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt health insurance of residents of U.S. territories from annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 19), S19 [3JA]

SBA: give small business contracting credit for certain small businesses located in U.S. territories (see H.R. 3428), H5037 [21JN]

Senate: provide for a nonvoting delegate to represent American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5526), H12290 [19DE]

SSI: authorize extension to Guam (see H.R. 208), H208 [3JA]

——— extend to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 947), H1349 [4FE]

Taxation: ensure that refunds of overpayments of the Guam Territorial Income Tax are issued in a timely manner (see H.R. 4262), H7596 [10SE]

Territories: authorize management of Federal submerged lands off of territories for offshore energy, establish offshore wind lease sale requirements, and provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation (see S. 499), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1014), H1390 [6FE]

——— recognize importance of supporting equal rights of citizens, acknowledge that Supreme Court decisions in Insular Cases rest on racist and imperialist assumptions, and reject application of such cases (see H. Res. 641), H8259 [18OC]

Tobacco products: include Guam under statutes prohibiting trafficking in contraband cigarettes (see H.R. 4635), H8110 [11OC]

Cost Estimates

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act technical corrections (H.R. 1365): CBO, H7351 [24JY]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1365, Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act technical corrections, H7374 [24JY]

Remarks in House

Autism Community Together (organization): anniversary of Autism Awareness Fair, E258 [6MR]

Bureau of the Census: conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 2773), E597 [15MY]

Depts. of Justice and HHS: Sexual Assault Services Program and Transitional Housing Assistance Program funding for U.S. territories, H3048, H3049 [3AP]

Filipino American History Month: observance, E1374 [30OC]

Filipino Ladies Association of Guam (FLAG): executive officers and board of directors induction, E1639 [23DE]

Guam Territorial Band: Australian International Music Festival Gold Award recipient, E973 [24JY]

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act: technical corrections (H.R. 1365), H7351–H7353 [24JY]

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, H29, H30 [3JA]

Korean Women’s Association of Guam: anniversary, E1501 [22NO]

Tumon Bay Youth Orchestra: tribute, E977 [24JY]

Reports filed

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act Technical Corrections: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1365) (H. Rept. 116–149), H5725 [11JY]

Nomination of Fernando L.G. Sablan To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5602 [19SE]

Offshore Wind for Territories Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1014) (H. Rept. 116–230), H8110 [11OC]

Texts of

H.R. 1365, Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act technical corrections, H7351 [24JY]