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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2009 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2009

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve

                                 An Act

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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Insular Areas Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT ISLAND.
    Section 103(f)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 
of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(1)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
    following:
            ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Continued monitoring on runit island.--
                ``(i) Cactus crater containment and groundwater 
            monitoring.--Effective beginning January 1, 2012, the 
            Secretary of Energy shall, as a part of the Marshall 
            Islands program conducted under subparagraph (A), 
            periodically (but not less frequently than every 4 years) 
            conduct--

                    ``(I) a visual study of the concrete exterior of 
                the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit 
                Island; and
                    ``(II) a radiochemical analysis of the groundwater 
                surrounding and in the Cactus Crater containment 
                structure on Runit Island.

                ``(ii) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the 
            Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, 
            and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
            Representatives, a report that contains--

                    ``(I) a description of--

                        ``(aa) the results of each visual survey 
                    conducted under clause (i)(I); and
                        ``(bb) the results of the radiochemical 
                    analysis conducted under clause (i)(II); and

                    ``(II) a determination on whether the surveys and 
                analyses indicate any significant change in the health 
                risks to the people of Enewetak from the contaminants 
                within the Cactus Crater containment structure.

                ``(iii) Funding for groundwater monitoring.--The 
            Secretary of the Interior shall make available to the 
            Department of Energy, Marshall Islands Program, from funds 
            available for the Technical Assistance Program of the 
            Office of Insular Affairs, the amounts necessary to conduct 
            the radiochemical analysis of groundwater under 
            clause(i)(II).''.
SEC. 3. CLARIFYING THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO COURTS OF THE 
FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.
    Section 297(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``circuit or district judge'' and inserting ``circuit, 
district, magistrate, or territorial judge of a court''.
SEC. 4. DELAY OF SCHEDULED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN AMERICAN SAMOA.
    (a) Delayed Increase Pending Government Accountability Office 
Report.--Section 8103(b)(2)(C) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 
U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law 110-28) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``each year thereafter until'' and inserting 
    ``on September 30 of every third year thereafter until''; and
        (2) by striking ``except that'' and all that follows through 
    ``September 30'' and inserting ``except that there shall be no such 
    increase in 2012, 2013, and 2014 pending the triennial report 
    required under section 8104(a)''.
    (b) Triennial Government Accountability Office Report.--Section 
8104(a) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note; 
Public Law 110-28) is amended by striking ``April 1, 2013, and every 2 
years'' and inserting ``April 1, 2014, and every 3 years''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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