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Preserves Last Year’s $2.5 Million for Hospital, and Boosts Budget Another $1 Million at Her Request
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a bipartisan effort to identify gaps in federal agency data collection for the territories, as these data points are used to determine federal funding.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has requested that President Biden recognize and highlight American Samoa’s Flag Day with a Presidential Proclamation. The request is part of a bipartisan letter to the President this week signed by each of the five representatives of the territories, and it asks the President to honor each territory on one special day yearly.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted several needs, especially a modernized hospital, along with pandemic-caused concerns, including visa overstayers, obstacles for Army recruits, and the Census numbers which were compiled while up to 2,000 residents were away. She appreciates the priorities expressed by Governor Lemanu Mauga to the Interagency Group on Insular Affairs (IGIA), and will continue supporting American Samoa’s efforts in Washington.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is hailing the final rule from the U.S. Treasury Department, which provides authoritative guidance to use substantial federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act for infrastructure projects, with possibilities including hospital infrastructure, water/sewer updates, or removing and replacing old lead pipes.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement highlighting her efforts in Congress to serve American Samoa and highlights of the federal funds that the territory has received through the past year:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming about $1.3 million ($1,293,165) for American Samoa's airports in new federal infrastructure grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, recently passed by Congress and signed into law November 15, 2021, by President Biden.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has highlighted to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo how an issue with the 2020 Census count affects American Samoa, due to the many residents who were stranded away from their homes during the Census effort.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is updating the continued progress of local hospital infrastructure, Medicaid, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) funds, which passed the House on Friday as part of the major budget reconciliation bill, titled the Build Back Better (BBB) Act.