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[H.R. 3940 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 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.


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                    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.


 


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

SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    Congress reaffirms that it is the responsibility of the Secretary 
of the Interior to advance the economic, social, and political 
development of the territories of the United States.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR POLITICAL STATUS PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 601 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United 
States, and for other purposes'', approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 
1469d), is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as 
        subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) The Secretary of the Interior may extend to the governments 
of American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands, and 
their agencies and instrumentalities, assistance, including assistance 
in the form of grants, research, planning assistance, studies, and 
agreements with Federal agencies, to facilitate public education 
programs regarding political status options for their respective 
territories.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 19(a)(2)(C) of the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``section 
601(c) of Public Law 96-597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(c))'' and inserting 
``section 601(d) 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.''.
                                                 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 grants and other 
 assistance to facilitate a political status public education program 
                        for the people of Guam.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            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`