AMERICAN SAMOA

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Advisory Committee on U.S. Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States (see S. 4141), S2339 [4MY]

Senate: provide for nonvoting delegates to represent American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands (see H.R. 6941), H1328 [7MR]

Territories: address growing unreimbursed economic impact costs on communities that receive and host Compact migrants from Freely Associated States (see H.R. 6819), H1140 [22FE]

——— restore ability to approve amendments to territorial constitution (see H.R. 9350), H8592 [18NO]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Labor: include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of nationwide system of public employment offices, known as Employment Service, H5053 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Advisory Committee on U.S. Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, H6583 [14JY]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Guam, American Samoa, and Johnston Atoll, H1235 [2MR]