AMERICAN SAMOA

Bills and resolutions

Citizenship: waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan U.S. nationals to become U.S. citizens (see H.R. 6061), H5104 [25OC]

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 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]

——— include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of nationwide system of public employment offices, known as Employment Service (see H.R. 3193), H2244 [10MY]

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]

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]

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]

——— restore ability to approve amendments to territorial constitution (see H.R. 6062), H5104 [25OC]

Remarks in House

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]