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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2009 

To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 16, 2011 

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT ISLAND. 

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

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

9 amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert2 ing the following: 

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

4 and 

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

6 ‘‘(B) CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT

7 ISLAND.— 

8 ‘‘(i) CACTUS CRATER CONTAINMENT

9 AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING.—Effec10 tive beginning January 1, 2012, the Sec11 retary of Energy shall, as a part of the 

12 Marshall Islands program conducted under 

13 subparagraph (A), periodically (but not 

14 less frequently than every 4 years) con15 duct— 

16 ‘‘(I) a visual study of the con17 crete exterior of the Cactus Crater 

18 containment structure on Runit Is19 land; and 

20 ‘‘(II) a radiochemical analysis of 

21 the groundwater surrounding and in 

22 the Cactus Crater containment struc23 ture on Runit Island. 

24 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

25 submit to the Committee on Energy and 


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1 Natural Resources of the Senate, and the 

2 Committee on Natural Resources of the 

3 House of Representatives, a report that 

4 contains— 

5 ‘‘(I) a description of— 

6 ‘‘(aa) the results of each vis7 ual survey conducted under 

8 clause (i)(I); and 

9 ‘‘(bb) the results of the 

10 radiochemical analysis conducted 

11 under clause (i)(II); and 

12 ‘‘(II) a determination on whether 

13 the surveys and analyses indicate any 

14 significant change in the health risks 

15 to the people of Enewetak from the 

16 contaminants within the Cactus Cra17 ter containment structure. 

18 ‘‘(iii) FUNDING FOR GROUNDWATER

19 MONITORING.—The Secretary of the Inte20 rior shall make available to the Depart21 ment of Energy, Marshall Islands Pro22 gram, from funds available for the Tech23 nical Assistance Program of the Office of 

24 Insular Affairs, the amounts necessary to 


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1 conduct the radiochemical analysis of 

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

3 SEC. 3. CLARIFYING THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF 

4 JUDGES TO COURTS OF THE FREELY ASSOCI5 ATED STATES. 

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

7 amended by striking ‘‘circuit or district judge’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘circuit, district, magistrate, or territorial judge of a 

9 court’’. 

10 SEC. 4. DELAY OF SCHEDULED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE 

11 IN AMERICAN SAMOA. 

12 (a) DELAYED INCREASE PENDING GOVERNMENT AC13 COUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT.—Section 8103(b)(2)(C) 

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

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

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

17 inserting ‘‘on September 30 of every third year 

18 thereafter until’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that fol20 lows through ‘‘September 30’’ and inserting ‘‘except 

21 that there shall be no such increase in 2012, 2013, 

22 and 2014 pending the triennial report required 

23 under section 8104(a)’’. 

24 (b) TRIENNIAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF25 FICE REPORT.—Section 8104(a) of the Fair Minimum 


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

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

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

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