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H.R. 14291 (94th)

A bill to provide for an elective Governor and Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa.

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Introduced

10 June 1976

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Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

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Summary

Requires that an election commissioner be appointed in American Samoa. States that the duty of the Commissioner will be to conduct a plebiscite on the issue of whether there should be a popular election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of that country. Provides that a gubernatorial election be held within one year of such plebiscite if there is a majority of affirmative responses. Directs the legislature of American Samoa to establish rules and procedures regarding nomination, length of terms, and removal from the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

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