Press Releases
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a training, mentoring, and business matchmaking opportunity for Pacific women entrepreneurs from neighboring Pacific Islands countries.

Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed announcement of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant for the airport at Fitiuta, Ta'u, designated to the runway lighting project. This grant of $755,000 is in support of airport infrastructure projects in the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a federal funding notice of $295,000 last week from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Preventing Maternal Mortality.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice on Monday of a federal grant of $11,553 for mental health services in American Samoa through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This is a new grant awarded for two years.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes a total of $780,211.95 awarded to the American Samoa Government in fiscal year 2024 through the Office of Insular Affairs Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP). The award was notified by Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor in a letter to Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Aumua Amata.


Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice on Friday of two discretionary federal grants for childhood education/social services and hospital preparedness in American Samoa, both through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for a total of about $5.7 million.