GUAM

Bills and resolutions

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 88), H101 [9JA] (see H.R. 270), H151 [10JA]

——— appoint additional Federal circuit judges for ninth circuit, divide ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, and appoint additional judges to certain district courts (see S. 1878), S2028 [8JN]

Defense Base Act: exclude (see H.R. 842), H709 [6FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate Guam and Western Pacific Rural Development office as representative of rural development in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Freely Associated States (see H.R. 5445), H4296 [13SE]

Dept. of Education: establish 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. 1031), H839 [14FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to Guam for purpose of reimbursing territory for expenses related to security measures associated with aliens unlawfully entering Guam (see H.R. 864), H737 [7FE]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 1751), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 4426), H3158 [30JN]

Dept. of Labor: include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands in definition of State for trade adjustment assistance for workers program (see H.R. 1038), H839 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior: create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see S. 1708), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3494), H2453 [18MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Guam (see H.R. 1191), H874 [24FE]

FEMA: provide certain assistance for Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6478), H5906 [24NO]

Immigration: extend admission to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H–2B workers (see H.R. 1760), H1408 [23MR]

Medicaid: exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 5906), H4990 [6OC]

Real estate: allow certain land to be transferred to previous recorded owners (see H.R. 673), H575 [31JA]

SBA: extend period during which credit for contracting with Puerto Rico businesses and covered territory businesses are double counted (see H.R. 5063), H4141 [27JY]

SSI: extend to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 256), H150 [10JA]

Supreme Court: condemn decisions in Insular Cases and territorial incorporation doctrine based on racial stereotypes and non-democratic principles (see H. Res. 314), H1909 [20AP]

Territories: extend certain grants to governments of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 6273), H5543 [7NO]

——— provide public benefits to citizens of Freely Associated States in U.S. (see S. 792), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 1571), H1284 [14MR]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces Day: observance, H2442 [18MY]

Centenarians: tribute, H2252 [11MY]

Coast Guard Base Guam: tribute, H6083 [4DE]

Concepcion, Stephane: Guam Teacher of the Year award recipient, H2795 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of Guam-Northern Marianas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), E56 [26JA]

Guam Association of Realtors: tribute, H4040 [27JY]

Guam Chamber of Commerce: anniversary, H2251 [11MY]

Guam Liberation Day: observance, H3617 [17JY]

Guam National Youth Football Federation: tribute to participants in championship games, H4308 [14SE]

Hal’s Angels Football Association: anniversary, H4273 [13SE]

Health care professionals: tribute to nurses, H2251 [11MY]

History: anniversary of cession to U.S., H6822 [12DE]

Law enforcement: border security funding, H4354 [18SE]

Medicaid: exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (H.R. 5906), E938 [6OC]

Micronesia Mall: anniversary, H4718 [28SE]

SSI: authorize extension to Guam, H493 [30JA]

TakeCare Insurance Co.: anniversary, H5675 [13NO]

Taniguchi Ruth Makio Architects (company): anniversary, H5675 [13NO]

TU;MA (organization): tribute, H2510 [23MY]

Typhoon Mawar: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response, H2769 [7JN]

——— preparations for possible landfall, H2466 [22MY]

Veterans Day: observance, H5664 [9NO]

Remarks in Senate

Radiation Exposure Compensation Program: reauthorize, expand areas eligible for those exposed to atmospheric nuclear testing, and improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, S3723, S3728 [27JY], S5912–S5915 [12DE], S5942 [13DE]

Tributes

Bordallo, Madeleine Z., H2556 [24MY]

Moylan, Delegate, H120 [10JA]