Guam Host Community Compensation Act

Bill: 118-hr-6273
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-11-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Foreign aid and international relief

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6273 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2023 Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs , and the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To extend the authorization of certain grants to the governments of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guam Host Community Compensation Act . 2. Extension of authorization of grants Section 104(e) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921c(e) ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking the State of Hawaii, ; (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— (A) by inserting or before the Commonwealth ; and (B) by striking , or the State of Hawaii ; (3) in paragraph (3), by striking 2023 and inserting 2043 ; and (4) in paragraph (10)— (A) by striking 2023 and inserting 2043 ; and (B) by striking Hawaii, . 3. Federal incarceration of certain convicted felons (a) Memorandum of understanding Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the Attorney General (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Prisons), shall enter into one or more memorandums of understanding with appropriate officials of the governments of each of the several States, the District of Colombia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, to ensure that any individual of a Freely Associated State who is lawfully present in the United States pursuant to a provision of a Compact of Free Association and is convicted of a felony is imprisoned solely in a Federal correctional facility. Such memorandums of understanding shall also provide for the reimbursement of the costs of any pre-conviction incarceration of such individual in a State, territorial, or local correctional facility from the funds of the Bureau of Prisons. (b) Reimbursement of costs During any period in which an applicable memorandum of understanding is not in effect with respect to an individual described in paragraph (1), the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall reimburse, from the funds of the Bureau of Prisons, the costs of incarcerating such individual at a non-Federal correctional facility. 4. Additional requirements for non-immigrant residency in Guam (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the special and unique relationship the United States and the Freely Associated States share ought to be enhanced by robust economic cooperation and partnership between migrants of the two entities; (2) key to this partnership is ensured economic stability through the bolstering of local markets on Guam; (3) both employing and employed entities on the island contribute to the success and proliferation of the Compacts of Free Association; and (4) the Compacts of Free Association should include provisions for greater economic success in Guam through sure employment opportunity. (b) In general In addition to any other requirements under law, an individual of any Freely Associated State may not obtain non-immigrant residency status in Guam unless the individual, upon arrival, provides the following: (1) Proof of— (A) employment with one or more authorized employers, as determined by the Governor of Guam in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Labor, and proof of beginning such employment within 10 business days of such arrival; or (B) admission to receive education from one or more of authorized educational facilities, as determined by the Governor of Guam in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Labor, and proof of beginning such studies within 10 business days of such arrival. (2) Proof of the residential address at which the individual will establish residence upon admission to Guam. 5. Freely associated state defined In this Act, the term Freely Associated State means— (1) the Federated States of Micronesia; (2) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (3) the Republic of Palau.