I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1306
To approve a multiyear program for the economic development and self-
sufficiency of the United States territory of American Samoa.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 23, 1995
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA (for himself and Mr. GALLEGLY) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To approve a multiyear program for the economic develop-
ment and self-sufficiency of the United States territory
of American Samoa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Samoa
Economic Development Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) funding for the United States territory of
American Samoa has been based on the joint resolu-
tion entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to provide for accept-
ing, ratifying, and confirming cessions of certain is-
lands of the Samoan group to the United States,
and for other purposes’’, as amended (48 U.S.C.
1661), with commitments being made on a yearly
basis;
(2) American Samoa is locally self-governing
with a constitution of its own adoption and the di-
rect election of the Governor since 1977;
(3) the territory of American Samoa has had
difficulty in planning and implementing comprehen-
sive and sustainable infrastructure based solely on
annual ad hoc grants; and
(4) the territory of American Samoa and the
United States would benefit from a multiyear fund-
ing commitment which promotes economic develop-
ment and self-sufficiency and requires compliance
with financial management accounting standards,
the establishment of semiautonomous public utility
authorities utilizing cost-recovery principles, and the
phaseout of Federal subsidies for Government oper-
ations.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of the Interior for the Govern-
ment of American Samoa $34,500,000, backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States, for each of fiscal
years 1996 through 2005. Such amounts shall, subject to
the limits specified in the table in subsection (b), be used
for—
(1) construction of capital assets of American
Samoa;
(2) maintenance and repair of such capital
assets;
(3) the operations of the Government of Amer-
ican Samoa; and
(4) reduction of unbudgeted debt incurred by
the Government of American Samoa in fiscal years
prior to 1996.
(b) TABLE OF MULTIYEAR FUNDING.—The table re-
ferred to in this subsection is as follows:
[In millions of dollars]
Fiscal year
Year
#
Operations
Construction
Deficit reduction
(100% match)
Maintenance and
repair (100%
match)
Total
1996 .................
23.0
5.5
3.0
3.0
34.5
1997 .................
23.0
5.5
3.0
3.0
34.5
1998 .................
23.0
5.5
3.0
3.0
34.5
1999 .................
21.0
7.5
3.0
3.0
34.5
2000 .................
18.0
10.5
3.0
3.0
34.5
2001 .................
15.0
16.5
3.0
34.5
2002 .................
12.0
19.5
3.0
34.5
2003 .................
9.0
22.5
3.0
34.5
2004 .................
6.0
25.5
3.0
34.5
2005 .................
3.0
28.5
3.0
34.5
(c) MULTIYEAR
AVAILABILITY
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Amounts not expended in the year appropriated
shall remain available until expended.