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Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that American Samoa has been awarded $358,519 under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula Grant Program for fiscal year 2025, as authorized by Congress.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting notice of $353,303 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Justice for the American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic and Sex Violence.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice this week of $617,640 in federal funds for the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is expressing support for the bipartisan resolution sponsored by the Minnesota delegation to Congress deploring political violence in the wake of the recent shocking attack on two state legislators and their spouses.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring American Samoa’s police, and law enforcement officers everywhere, in recognition of National Police Week (May 11-17), and National Peace Officers Memorial Day (observed May 15th every year).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the Senate confirmation of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, a friend and former colleague in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of a grant of $100,036 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) led by Director Mariana Timu-Faiai.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of $470,821 for the American Samoa Department of Public Safety from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata visited and thanked American Samoa’s firefighters over the weekend where they are stationed in California’s wildfire camp.