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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 638

To authorize appropriations for United States insular areas, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 28 (legislative day, MARCH 27), 1995

Mr. MURKOWSKI (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read

twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for United States 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 Development

5 Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

7 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec8 retary of the Interior for the Commonwealth of the North9 ern Mariana Islands $6,140,000, backed by the full faith

10 and credit of the United States, for each of fiscal years
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1 1996 through 2001, for capital improvement projects in

2 the environmental, health, and public safety areas, admin3 istration and enforcement of immigration and labor laws,

4 and contribution toward costs of the compacts of free as5 sociation (for the same duration and purposes as are ap6 plied to Guam in Public Law 99–239 as amended by sec7 tion 3 of this Act).

8 SEC. 3. IMPACT OF THE COMPACT.

9 Paragraph (6) of subsection (e) of section 104 of

10 Public Law 99–239 (99 Stat. 1770, 48 U.S.C. 1681 note),

11 is amended by striking everything after the word ‘‘after’’

12 and inserting in lieu thereof the following language: ‘‘Sep13 tember 30, 1995, and ending September 30, 2001,

14 $4,580,000 annually, backed by the full faith and credit

15 of the United States, for Guam, as a contribution toward

16 costs that result from increased demands for education

17 and social program benefits by immigrants from the Mar18 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and

19 Palau.’’.

20 SEC. 4. CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

21 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec22 retary of the Interior $17,000,000 for each fiscal year be23 ginning after September 30, 1995, and ending September

24 30, 2001, backed by the full faith and credit of the United

25 States, for grants for capital infrastructure construction
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1 in American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin

2 Islands: Provided, That the annual grant to American

3 Samoa shall not exceed $15,000,000 and the annual

4 grants for Guam and the United States Virgin Islands

5 shall not exceed $3,000,000 each.

6 SEC. 5. CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING REQUIRE7 MENTS.

8 (a) No funds shall be granted under this Act for cap9 ital improvement projects without the submission by the

10 respective government of a master plan of capital needs

11 that—

12 (1) ranks proposed projects in order of priority,

13 and

14 (2) has been reviewed and approved by the De15 partment of the Interior and the United States

16 Army Corps of Engineers.

17 The insular areas’ individual master plans, with com18 ments, shall be presented in the Department of the Interi19 or’s annual report on the state of the Islands, and shall

20 be the basis for any requests for capital improvement

21 funding through the Department of the Interior or the

22 Congress.

23 (b) Each grant by the Department of the Interior

24 shall include a five percent payment into a trust fund, to

25 be administered by the Governor (as trustee) of the terri-
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1 tory in which the project is located, solely for the mainte2 nance of such project. No funds shall be paid pursuant

3 to a grant under subsection (a) of this section without the

4 prior appropriation and payment by the respective terri5 torial government to the trustee, of an amount equal to

6 the Federal contribution for maintenance of the project.

7 A maintenance plan covering the anticipated life of each

8 project shall be adopted by the Governor of the respective

9 insular area and approved by the Department of the Inte10 rior before any grant payment for construction is released

11 by the Department of the Interior.

12 (c) The capital infrastructure funding authorized

13 under this Act is authorized to be extended for an addi14 tional three-year phaseout period: Provided, That each

15 grant during the additional period contains a dollar shar16 ing by each grantee and the grantor in the following ra17 tios: 25/75 percent for the first year, 50/50 percent for

18 the second year, 75/25 percent for the third year: Provided

19 further, That funding for capital infrastructure for the

20 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall not

21 exceed $3,000,000 annually during the period of such ex22 tension.

23 SEC. 6. REPEAL.

24 Effective after September 30, 1995, no additional

25 funds shall be made available under subsection (b) of sec-
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1 tion 4 of Public Law 94–241 (90 Stat. 263, 48 U.S.C.

2 1681 note), and such subsection is repealed.

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