A bill to make certain improvements with respect to judicial proceedings relating to American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Summary

Directs that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall have jurisdiction to review by writ of certiorari all final decisions of the highest court of American Samoa in which a decision could be had. States that rulings of the courts of American Samoa shall be conclusive on questions of local law. Provides that an action in the nature of mandamus against the Secretary of the Interior which arises from the Secretary's duties in relation to the governance of American Samoa and which is properly brought in a U.S. district court may be brought only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 October 1989

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