A bill to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.

Summary

Title I: American Samoa - Transfers to the American Samoa government all rights, titles, and interest of the United States in personal property in American Samoa that is not used by the Government. Title II: Guam - Terminates the liability of Guam for the repayment of specified Federal assistance which was not repaid before the effective date of this Act. Title III: Northern Mariana Islands - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to the Secretary of the Interior for grants to the government of the Northern Mariana Islands for the rehabilitation, upgrading, and construction of public facilities. Title IV: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after fiscal year 1980 for the installation, operation, and maintenance of communications systems and for developing the use of renewable sources of energy for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Trust Territory). Authorizes the appropriation to the Secretary of 50 percent of the sums necessary to pay all adjudicated claims and final awards made before the enactment of this Act by the Micronesia Claims Commission. Transfers to the governments of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia, without reimbursement, all rights, titles, and interest of: (1) the United States in personal property in the Trust Territory that is not used by the Government; and (2) the Trust Territory in personal property anywhere which is not used by the Trust Territory government. Title V: Virgin Islands - Transfers specified Federal lands on Saint Croix to the Virgin Islands government without any cost to such government. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands on subjects within the responsibility of each government. Directs all Federal departments to waive any requirements for local matching funds when making grants-in-aid to American Samoa or the Northern Mariana Islands. Directs the Government to assure that there will be no diminution of any rights or entitlements of the Territory of Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and no adverse effect on any funds authorized or appropriated for such areas if such areas form a political union. Requires that funds appropriated under the Emergency School Aid Act for fiscal year 1980 remain available for the purpose of eliminating segregation and discrimination in the schools of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands as provided by such Act immediately before September 30, 1979. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to be expended for developing renewable sources of energy in the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Declares that authorizations of appropriations under this Act shall be effective on October 1, 1980.

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 September 1980

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 19 May 1980

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 15 May 1980

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 May 1980

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