Public Safety

Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming the announcement of a grant of $67,148 for the American Samoa Department of Homeland Security.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming the announcement of $950,000 in federal funds for programs that seek to identify, assess, and respond to instances of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming the announcement of $454,543 in federal funds for American Samoa's criminal justice system. The funds are part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding program of the US Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP).

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming the announcement of over $685,000 in federal funds for American Samoa's efforts to combat violence against women. These federal funds are from two grant programs administered by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) of the US Justice Department.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata released the following statement to commemorate the heroic stories and lost lives on September 11, 2001, as Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks.

Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata welcomed bipartisan House passage of the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act, sending it to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. The U.S. Senate had already passed the bill, S. 937, which is focused on stemming acts of hate and violence against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Washington, D.C. – Monday, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is honoring American Samoa's police and highlighting National Police Week (May 9-15):