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Natural Resources Committee January 17
January 17, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting Wednesday’s passage of eight bills, including the EXPLORE Act on which she is an original cosponsor.


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showing fishing zones map
December 19, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is reviewing the year’s work in the House Natural Resources Committee, one of her three committees, highlighting the passage of the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act she sponsored, and her chairmanship of the Committee’s Indo-Pacific Task Force.

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Task Force Chairman Amata and Co-Chairman Sablan in House Natural Resources Committee Indo-Pacific Task Force Hearing
June 14, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata chaired the first oversight hearing Wednesday of the House Committee on Natural Resources Indo-Pacific Task Force. Task Force Chairman Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa) with Co-Chairman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-CNMI) led the bipartisan examination of how the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) support U.S. interests and counter the People's Republic of China's (PRC) influence.


May 10, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a grant for NOAA services to the region including American Samoa and surrounding waters.


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Rep Amata with NPS crew, during the Feb 2020 visit of US Mint Director David Ryder and then NPS Regional Director Stanley Austin
April 28, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting National Park Week, which is an initiative of the National Park Service (NPS) and the National Park Foundation.


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A lighter moment in the House Natural Resources Committee this week (HNR photo)
March 10, 2023

Washington, D.C. –  Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata  is highlighting efforts underway in the Natural Resources Committee to rein in rising energy and fuel costs around the country, which is a major factor in inflationary price increases on food and other products due to the added burden in shipping and transport.


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amata with Grijalva
July 29, 2022

Washington, D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and the delegates of the five U.S Territories—Rep. Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa), Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-CNMI), Rep. Michael San Nicolas (D-Guam), Rep. Jenniffer González Colón, (R-Puerto Rico), and Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D-USVI)—introduced the bipartisan H.R.


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Governor Lemanu Mauga testified on budget to Congressional Committee
May 18, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a Wednesday hearing of the Natural Resources Committee that received testimony from the governors of the territories, including Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga of American Samoa. The hearing was part of the Committee’s examination of the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.


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Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata and Director Taotasi Archie Soliai
November 10, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming a grant of $591,594 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for coral reef preservation efforts, and congratulating the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.


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Amata at hearing where she discussed coral reefs
July 23, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata highlighted American Samoa's position on protected coral reefs in a Wednesday hearing of the Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife (WOW). The oversight hearing was titled, "Examining the President's Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."