HR 3721 · 104th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Omnibus Territories Act of 1996

Introduced 1996-06-26· Sponsored by Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.(1996-07-08)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Repeal the Requirement of Separate Ballots Title II: American Samoa Study Commission Act Title III: American Samoa Economic Development Act Title IV: Insular Areas Consolidation Act Title V: American Samoa Capital Infrastructure Fund Title VI: Guam Land Return Act Title VII: Amendments to the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands Title VIII: Commission on the Economic Future of the Virgin Islands Omnibus Territories Act of 1996 - Title I: Repeal the Requirement of Separate Ballots - Amends Federal law to repeal the requirement that the Delegates to the Congress from Guam and from the Virgin Islands be elected by a separate ballot (thus allowing election on the same ballot with the territorial legislature). Title II: American Samoa Study Commission Act - Establishes the American Samoa Study Commission to: (1) evaluate the history and nature of American Samoa's political relationship with the United States; (2) report on whether a single document is needed to express such relationship; (3) evaluate the relationship's economic and social effects on American Samoa; and (4) report on how the 1900 and 1904 Instruments of Cession are recognized under intern…

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