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Union Calendar No. 209 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3940 

[Report No. 111–357] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program for the 

people of Guam. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 27, 2009 

Ms. BORDALLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 7, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. SABLAN, and 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN

DECEMBER 7, 2009 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 27, 2009] 


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A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants 

and other assistance to facilitate a political status public 

education program for the people of Guam. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 Congress reaffirms that it is the responsibility of the 

5 Secretary of the Interior to advance the economic, social, 

6 and political development of the territories of the United 

7 States. 

8 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR POLITICAL STATUS PUBLIC EDU9 CATION PROGRAMS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 

11 Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas 

12 of the United States, and for other purposes’’, approved De13 cember 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1469d), is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 

15 as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and 

16 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 

17 new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Interior may extend to the 

19 governments of American Samoa, Guam, and the United 

20 States Virgin Islands, and their agencies and instrumental21 ities, assistance, including assistance in the form of grants, 

22 research, planning assistance, studies, and agreements with 

23 Federal agencies, to facilitate public education programs re24 garding political status options for their respective terri25 tories.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 19(a)(2)(C) 

2 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(C)) 

3 is amended by striking ‘‘section 601(c) of Public Law 96– 

4 597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 601(d) 

5 of Public Law 96–597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(d))’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend Public Law 96–597 to clarify the authority of the Secretary 

of the Interior to extend grants and other assistance to 

facilitate political status public education programs for 

the peoples of the non-self-governing territories of the 

United States.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 209 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3940 

[Report No. 111–357] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend 

ple of Guam. ical status public education program for the peogrants and other assistance to facilitate a politDECEMBER 7, 2009 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Nov 24 2008 21:19 Dec 07, 2009 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3940.RH H3940

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