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Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Law
Date: 2015-01-06 00:00:00

Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act

Recognizes the suffering and the loyalty of the residents of Guam during the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Fund for the payment of claims submitted by compensable Guam victims and survivors of compensable Guam decedents.

Directs the Secretary to make specified payments to: (1) living Guam residents who were raped, injured, interned, or subjected to forced labor or marches, or internment resulting from, or incident to, such occupation and subsequent liberation; and (2) survivors of compensable residents who died in war (such payments to be made after payments have been made to surviving Guam residents).

Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to specify injuries that would constitute a severe personal injury or a personal injury and adjudicate claims and determine payment eligibility.

Requires claims to be filed within one year after the Commission publishes notice of the filing period in the Federal Register and in the Guam media.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program for research, educational, and media activities that memorialize the events surrounding the occupation of Guam during World War II or honor the loyalty of the people of Guam during such occupation.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2015-03-16 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to apply it to American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Extends by two business days, for American Samoa and the Commonwealth, any time periods established for large or redeposited check, repeated overdraft, reasonable cause, or other emergency exceptions to the 30-day funds availability requirements for deposits in an depository institution account by a new depositor.

Extends by one business day any deposit which is both deposited: (1) in an account at a depository institution located in American Samoa or the Commonwealth, and (2) by a check drawn on an originating depository institution which is not located in the same commonwealth or territory as the receiving depository institution.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Health
Date: 2015-03-24 00:00:00

Medicaid and CHIP Territory Transparency and Information Act

This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish and update periodically, on the Internet site of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services information on the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance Program under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act that are carried out in the U.S. territories.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2015-04-29 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid into) to treasuries of the Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Health
Date: 2015-05-12 00:00:00

Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015

 Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States Government and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Permits Medicaid coverage also to lawful residents, in accordance with such Compacts, but only at the option of the governor, of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.

Exempts such citizens from the five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for federal means-tested public benefits with respect to Medicaid benefits.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2015-05-26 00:00:00

This Act amends the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to make the applicable minimum wage rate for each American Samoa industry and classification the one in effect on May 1, 2015.

Scheduled increases to such minimum wage are repealed.

The government of American Samoa shall determine the amount and time of such future increases.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2015-05-26 00:00:00

This Act amends the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to extend through 2016 the postponement of the scheduled increase in the applicable minimum wage rate for each American Samoa industry and classification, pending the Government Accountability Office's triennial report on the impact of these past and future minimum wage increases.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-06-02 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 12, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act

(Sec. 2) This bill establishes the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission to carry out activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the date the U.S. Virgin Islands became an unincorporated U.S. territory.

(Sec. 7) The Commission shall report annually to the President and Congress on Commission revenue and expenditures, including a list of each gift, bequest, or devise worth more than $250, and the identity of the donor.

(Sec. 8) The Inspector General of the Department of the Interior may audit the Commission, making the results available to Congress and the public.

(Sec. 10) The Commission shall terminate on September 30, 2018, or at an earlier date determined by the Commission after submitting its final report to Congress.

(Sec. 11) No federal funds are authorized or may be obligated to carry out this Act.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2015-06-02 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This Act amends the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to prescribe a $0.40 per hour incremental increase in the transitional minimum wage for each American Samoa industry, beginning on September 30, 2015, and on September 30 triennially until the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa is equal to the minimum wage for the United States.

The deadline for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report assessing the impact of minimum wage increases in American Samoa is changed from September 1, 2011, to April 1, 2017, with a subsequent report due by April 1, 2020.

The GAO shall also report on alternative ways of increasing the minimum wage in American Samoa to keep pace with the cost of living there and eventually equal the minimum wage for the United States.

This Act, and the amendments made by it, shall take effect as of September 29, 2015.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2015-06-12 00:00:00

Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2015

Deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts as active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in determining eligibility under this Act, to take into account any relevant service documentation, including documentation other than the Missouri List (the list of all discharged and deceased veterans from the 20th century).
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Law
Date: 2015-09-24 00:00:00

U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015

This bill increases from 10 years to 15 years the term of office for judges of the district courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Social welfare
Date: 2015-09-29 00:00:00

This bill amends the Social Security Amendments of 1960 with respect to the extension of the Social Security program to Guam.

If certain legislation enacted by the government of Guam expresses the desire that title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) extend only to those officers and employees initially employed by the government of Guam, local governments, and government instrumentalities, then specified other SSAct provisions shall apply to only those individuals.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-11-19 00:00:00

This bill amends the Organic Act of Guam to: (1) prohibit any law varying the compensation of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Senators in the Guam Legislature from taking effect until a general election of the legislature shall have intervened; and (2) modify residency requirements for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor and for members of the Guam Legislature.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Education
Date: 2015-12-08 00:00:00

United States Virgin Islands College Access Act of 2015

This bill directs the U.S. Virgin Islands to use federal funds authorized by this Act to award grants to public four-year institutions of higher education (IHEs) located in the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam to cover the difference between the in-state and out-of-state tuition and fees for students who have: (1) been domiciled in the Virgin Islands for at least the 12 months preceding their enrollment in the IHE; and (2) received on or after January 1, 2013, a secondary school diploma or its equivalent while domiciled there.

 The Government Accountability Office must monitor the program's effectiveness in expanding educational opportunities for such students.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2015-12-09 00:00:00

Puerto Rico Financial Stability and Debt Restructuring Choice Act

This bill establishes the Puerto Rico Financial Stability Council, subject to enactment of a law by the Legislative Assembly and the governor of Puerto Rico.

For each fiscal year the governor of Puerto Rico shall develop a financial plan, and the Legislative Assembly shall develop a budget, that meet specified requirements to promote financial stability, and both shall submit them to the Council for its approval. The bill prescribes procedures for submission to the Council of revised financial plans or revised budgets in the event of disapproval for failing meet specified criteria.

The government of Puerto Rico may not borrow money unless the Council certifies in advance that both the receipt of borrowed funds and the repayment of obligations incurred are consistent with the financial plan and budget for the year.

The bill also prescribes procedures for addressing any variance of actual revenues and expenditures from the adopted financial plan and budget, including the withholding of funds under federal programs.

The Council shall recommend to the governor, the Legislative Assembly, the President, and Congress actions for the government of Puerto Rico or the federal government to take to ensure compliance with a financial plan and budget.

The bill amends federal bankruptcy law to apply to Puerto Rico treatment as a state with respect to Adjustments of Debts of a Municipality.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2015-12-10 00:00:00

Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make citizens of Puerto Rico eligible for the federal earned income tax credit and allow them to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit on the same basis as U.S. taxpayers. In making the earned income tax credit applicable to Puerto Rican citizens, the bill modifies credit requirements to allow taxpayers in Puerto Rico to claim the credit at age 21 (rather than age 25) and to allow a credit percentage of 40, without regard to the number of qualifying children claimed by the taxpayer.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2015-12-18 00:00:00

Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015

This bill grants a temporary stay (until April 1, 2016, with specified exceptions) of any litigation, liens, or other collection actions to recover debts owed by the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and allows relief from such stay only in limited circumstances.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2015-12-18 00:00:00

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Department of the Treasury to pay to the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands amounts of the earned income tax credit paid or payable to residents for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Social welfare
Date: 2016-01-07 00:00:00

National Community Service Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to extend eligibility for participation in national service programs to individuals who are citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or Palau and who are admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants under the Compact of Free Association with the United States.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2016-02-03 00:00:00

This bill permits foreign aircraft to provide and sustain air commerce in American Samoa between the islands of Tutuila and Manu'a.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2016-02-10 00:00:00

This bill approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau.

If Palau withdraws more than $5 million from the trust fund set up by the Compact in FY2015, certain amounts will be withheld from Palau until it reimburses the fund for the total amounts withdrawn that exceeded $5 million in FY2015. Certain funds may be released to replenish that trust fund, however, if the United States and Palau have arranged to advance funds during FY2015 from the trust fund for specified allowable purposes.

 The bill authorizes appropriations to: (1) subsidize postal services to Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia for FY2016-FY2024; and (2) carry out specified federal responsibilities under the Compact.

The bill also repeals specified offset requirements.

 FY2016 funding is provided to reduce government arrears of Palau.

 FY2016-FY2023 additional economic assistance, and FY2016 funding for infrastructure projects, are provided.

Specified passport requirements are revised.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2016-02-26 00:00:00

Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize the government of Puerto Rico to enact law nullifying the application of the federal minimum wage in effect as it pertains to Puerto Rico.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2016-04-12 00:00:00

Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act or PROMESA 

This bill addresses Puerto Rico's debt by establishing an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical infrastructure projects.

The bill establishes the Financial Oversight and Management Board to oversee the development of budgets and fiscal plans for Puerto Rico's instrumentalities and government. The board may issue subpoenas, certify voluntary agreements between creditors and debtors, seek judicial enforcement of its authority, impose penalties, and enforce territorial laws prohibiting public sector employees from participating in strikes or lockouts.

The board's responsibilities include:

 approving the governor's fiscal plan; approving annual budgets; enforcing budgets and ordering any necessary spending reductions; and reviewing laws, contracts, rules, and regulations for compliance with the fiscal plan. The bill establishes procedures and requirements for Puerto Rico to restructure its debt and designates the board as the representative of the debtor. The board may initiate a procedure for debt restructuring and submit or modify a plan of adjustment.

The establishment of the board operates as an automatic stay of creditor actions to enforce claims against the government of Puerto Rico.

The bill establishes a Revitalization Coordinator to designate critical infrastructure projects that address an infrastructure emergency, have access to private capital, and meet other requirements. Critical projects approved by the oversight board are eligible for an expedited permitting process.

The board shall divide creditors into pools based on the characteristics of the debt, and each pool may vote on a plan to restructure the debt. If at least two-thirds of the outstanding principal amount of a pool agrees with the plan, the pool may file a petition in court to bind the dissenting bondholders to the modification.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2016-04-21 00:00:00

Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act

 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the residence and income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

The bill specifies that a bona fide resident of a possession is a person who has a substantial presence in the possession for at least 122 days during the calendar year. (Under current law, the person must be present for at least 183 days during the year.)

(Under current law, income is not considered to be possession source income if it is treated as: (1) income from sources within the United States, or (2) as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.)

The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States. Income from activities within the United States which are of a preparatory or auxiliary character may not be treated as income from sources within the United States or as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.

The bill specifies principles that must be used to determine whether income from sources without a possession is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the possession.

The Internal Revenue Service may limit the application in the Virgin Islands of requirements for U.S. citizens and resident aliens to pay a tax to a foreign country to be considered a nonresident of the United States for certain personal property sales.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2016-04-21 00:00:00

Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2016 

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Under current law, income is not considered to be possession source income if it is treated as income: (1) from sources within the United States, or (2) effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States.

The bill also revises the source rules for personal property sales. The Internal Revenue Service may limit the application in the Virgin Islands of requirements for U.S. citizens and resident aliens to pay a tax to a foreign country to be considered a nonresident of the United States for certain personal property sales.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2016-04-29 00:00:00

Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2016 

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid into) to the treasuries of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

If Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands has a tax system that mirrors federal tax law (mirror code tax system), the Department of the Treasury must pay each possession amounts equal to the loss to the possession due to the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

If the possession does not have a mirror code tax system, Treasury must pay to the possession an amount equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of the possession by applying the EITC if a mirror code tax system had been in effect.

Treasury must pay to the Virgin Islands and Guam amounts equal to the aggregate loss to the Virgin Islands or Guam due to the Child Tax Credit.

The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries must submit to Treasury's Office of Domestic Finance recommendations for actions that would be necessary to ensure that the public pension plans of the Virgin Islands can be sustainably maintained and funded by the government of the Virgin Islands for the next 20 years.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2016-05-25 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016 

 This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to repeal the exemption from its coverage of investment companies created under the laws of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other U.S. possession.
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2016-06-07 00:00:00

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico. (Under current law, the deduction expires on January 1, 2017.)
Topic: Public Lands — Dependencies & Territories
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2016-07-14 00:00:00

Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2016

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a fully automated electronic travel authorization system to collect biographical and other information in order to determine, before travel, the eligibility of, and any law enforcement or security risk of permitting, an alien to travel to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

DHS shall establish and collect a fee for the use of such system.

Such system shall be similar to the electronic system for travel authorization to the United States.