SEC. 2. FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE DU-
TIES OF HIGH COURT OF AMERICAN SAMOA. 
(a) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION.—The High Court of 
American Samoa shall have jurisdiction over any criminal 
case arising under any law of the United States applicable 
to American Samoa in which a defendant who is accused 
of the criminal violation resides in American Samoa and 
the violation occurred in the territory of American Samoa. 
(b) APPEALS.— 
(1) INITIAL APPEAL.—A decision of the High 
Court of American Samoa under subsection (a) may 
be appealed to the Appellate Division of the High 
Court of American Samoa not later than 60 days 
after the date of the decision of the High Court. 
(2) APPEAL TO U.S. DISTRICT COURT.—A deci-
sion of the Appellate Division of the High Court of 
American Samoa under paragraph (1) may be ap-
pealed to the United States District Court for the 
District of Hawaii not later than 60 days after the 
date of the decision of the Appellate Division. 
(3) FURTHER
APPEALS.—A decision of the 
United States District Court for the District of Ha-
waii may be appealed as provided in title 28, United 
States Code. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.—The Chief Justice of 
the High Court of American Samoa, or the assignee of 
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the Chief Justice, shall administer all matters pertaining 
to the justices and judges of the courts of American 
Samoa, and to the clerks and other administrative staff 
of such courts. 
(d) ADDITIONAL JUSTICES.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall appoint 2 or more justices to the High 
Court of American Samoa as needed. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—In appointing individ-
uals under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall con-
sider, in addition to the legal training of the individ-
uals, such individuals’ knowledge of the traditional 
and customary laws of American Samoa. 
(e) SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.—The Secretary of the In-
terior shall appoint a special prosecutor for American 
Samoa, whose responsibility shall be to prosecute all crimi-
nal violations of laws of the United States over which the 
High Court of American Samoa has jurisdiction under 
subsection (a), pursuant to applicable local procedures of 
the High Court of American Samoa. In appointing an in-
dividual to such office, the Secretary shall consider, in ad-
dition to the individual’s legal training, such individual’s 
knowledge of the traditional and customary laws of Amer-
ican Samoa. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subject to subsection (b), 
this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of the 120- 
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of the In-
terior and the Attorney General of the United States, in 
consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court of 
American Samoa, the Governor of American Samoa, and 
the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives of American Samoa, shall, by not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
assess the increase in staffing and administrative costs re-
quired by reason of this Act. 
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall, not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit 
to the Congress a report on the implementation of this 
Act. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior $2,000,000 to carry out this Act. 
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