[118th Congress Public Law 232]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 138 STAT. 2834]]

Public Law 118-232
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to approve 
 amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority rule in a 
 democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant to an Act 
of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial law in the 
 territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the Interior under 
Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution 
 of American Samoa was approved and may be amended without requirement 
 for further congressional action, subject to the authority of Congress 
 under the Territorial Clause in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the 
   United States Constitution. <<NOTE: Jan. 4, 2025 -  [H.R. 6062]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: Repeal.>>  REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION ON AMENDMENTS 
                              TO OR MODIFICATIONS OF THE 
                              CONSTITUTION OF AMERICAN SAMOA.

    Section 12 of Public Law 98-213 (48 U.S.C. 1662a) is repealed.

    Approved January 4, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6062:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-564 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            July 8, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate.

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