112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2009 

AN ACT 

To improve the administration of programs in the insular 

areas, and for other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Insular Areas Act of 

3 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT ISLAND. 

5 Section 103(f)(1) of the Compact of Free Association 

6 Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(1)) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT

14 ISLAND.— 

15 ‘‘(i) CACTUS CRATER CONTAINMENT

16 AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING.—Effec17 tive beginning January 1, 2012, the Sec18 retary of Energy shall, as a part of the 

19 Marshall Islands program conducted under 

20 subparagraph (A), periodically (but not 

21 less frequently than every 4 years) con22 duct— 

23 ‘‘(I) a visual study of the con24 crete exterior of the Cactus Crater 

25 containment structure on Runit Is26 land; and 
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1 ‘‘(II) a radiochemical analysis of 

2 the groundwater surrounding and in 

3 the Cactus Crater containment struc4 ture on Runit Island. 

5 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

6 submit to the Committee on Energy and 

7 Natural Resources of the Senate, and the 

8 Committee on Natural Resources of the 

9 House of Representatives, a report that 

10 contains— 

11 ‘‘(I) a description of— 

12 ‘‘(aa) the results of each vis13 ual survey conducted under 

14 clause (i)(I); and 

15 ‘‘(bb) the results of the 

16 radiochemical analysis conducted 

17 under clause (i)(II); and 

18 ‘‘(II) a determination on whether 

19 the surveys and analyses indicate any 

20 significant change in the health risks 

21 to the people of Enewetak from the 

22 contaminants within the Cactus Cra23 ter containment structure. 

24 ‘‘(iii) FUNDING FOR GROUNDWATER

25 MONITORING.—The Secretary of the Inte-
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1 rior shall make available to the Depart2 ment of Energy, Marshall Islands Pro3 gram, from funds available for the Tech4 nical Assistance Program of the Office of 

5 Insular Affairs, the amounts necessary to 

6 conduct the radiochemical analysis of 

7 groundwater under clause(i)(II).’’. 

8 SEC. 3. CLARIFYING THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF 

9 JUDGES TO COURTS OF THE FREELY ASSOCI10 ATED STATES. 

11 Section 297(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘circuit or district judge’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘circuit, district, magistrate, or territorial judge of a 

14 court’’. 

15 SEC. 4. DELAY OF SCHEDULED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE 

16 IN AMERICAN SAMOA. 

17 (a) DELAYED INCREASE PENDING GOVERNMENT AC18 COUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT.—Section 8103(b)(2)(C) 

19 of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 

20 note; Public Law 110–28) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘each year thereafter until’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘on September 30 of every third year 

23 thereafter until’’; and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that fol25 lows through ‘‘September 30’’ and inserting ‘‘except 
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1 that there shall be no such increase in 2012, 2013, 

2 and 2014 pending the triennial report required 

3 under section 8104(a)’’. 

4 (b) TRIENNIAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF5 FICE REPORT.—Section 8104(a) of the Fair Minimum 

6 Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law 110– 

7 28) is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2013, and every 2 

8 years’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2014, and every 3 years’’. 

Passed the Senate December 16, 2011. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2009 

AN ACT 

To improve the administration of programs in the 

insular areas, and for other purposes.