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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4741

To require that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget explain

any omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the United

States in statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 2000

Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́

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Ms. NORTON, and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to

the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To require that the Director of the Office of Management

and Budget explain any omission of any insular area

from treatment as part of the United States in statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Insular Areas Over5 sight Avoidance Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. EXPLANATION OF OMISSION OF ANY INSULAR AREA

2 FROM TREATMENT AS PART OF UNITED

3 STATES.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of

5 Management and Budget shall publish, with respect to

6 each covered statement issued after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act that defines the term ‘‘United States’’,

8 ‘‘United States of America’’, or ‘‘State’’ and that does not

9 include in such term any insular area—

10 (1) an explanation of the reasons for that omis11 sion; and

12 (2) a recommendation of whether the definition

13 should include such insular area.

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

15 (1) COVERED STATEMENT.—The term ‘‘covered

16 statement’’ means—

17 (A) any Presidential proclamation or Exec18 utive order required by section 1505 of title 44,

19 United States Code, to be published in the Fed20 eral Register;

21 (B) any written Presidential directive,

22 other than a Presidential proclamation or Exec23 utive order, that—

24 (i) is signed or endorsed by, or is

25 issued at the direction of, the President or
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1 an appointee of the President in the Exec2 utive Office of the President; and

3 (ii)(I) establishes a policy;

4 (II) directs the carrying out of law or

5 policy;

6 (III) authorizes or requires the use of

7 appropriated funds or other resources (in8 cluding personnel); or

9 (IV) otherwise asserts or appears to

10 assert an authority of the President;

11 (C) any treaty presented to the Senate for

12 approval pursuant to section 2 of Article II of

13 the Constitution of the United States;

14 (D) any executive agreement executed by

15 the President or a representative of the Presi16 dent that is binding on the United States as a

17 matter of international law;

18 (E) any rule, circular, guidance, or state19 ment of administration policy or position that is

20 issued by the Office of Management and Budg21 et; and

22 (F) any proposed legislation submitted to

23 the Congress by or on behalf of the President.

24 (2) INSULAR AREA.—The term ‘‘insular area’’

25 means Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,
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1 American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Is2 lands.

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