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Washington, D.C.—Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a grant of $536,964 for American Samoa's coral reef conservation through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
These funds are available to the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources under the Coral Reef Conservation Cooperative Agreement. American Samoa Government would need to match $49,588 in funding.
Laumua i Uosigitone—Aso Faraile, O loo faatāua e le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata se avanoa mo Vetereni o Amerika Samoa e talanoa ai i le Taitaifono o le Komiti o Mataupu mo Vetereni faapea Sui o le Konekeresi.
Washington, D.C.—Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced the introduction of H.R. 4589. This bill, sponsored by Rep. TJ Cox (D-CA) with Reps. Aumua Amata (R-AS), Susie Lee (D-NV), and Greg Steube (R-FL), would give permanent authorization for the VA Grant Program for the Transportation of Highly Rural Veterans. Currently every two-year Congress must reauthorize this vital program that appropriates $3 million dollars in grants each year to aid in transportation of highly rural veterans to medical care. This bill would permanently extend authority of this program.
Washington, D.C.—Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced the introduction of H.R. 4588 Modernizing VA's Records Management Program Act. This bill, sponsored by Rep. T.J. Cox (D-CA) with original cosponsors Reps. Aumua Amata (R-AS) and Greg Steube (R-FL), would treat digitized records as originals with respect to claims administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. This will ease the process of applying for claims and getting veterans the care that they need.
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed two discretionary federal grants for American Samoa, each through the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department, for a total of nearly $520,000.
The larger of the two grants will provide $400,000 in social and economic development support in American Samoa through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), an agency of HHS. The recipient is Empowering Pacific Island Communities, and the title of the grant is the Healthy Amerika Samoa Community Development project.
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed the advancement of her request for a third straight year of additional funds for American Samoa's operations, as the Senate joined the House in including American Samoa's increase in the appropriations bill for the Interior Department.
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed Senate passage of an extension for American Samoa's 100 percent federal Medicaid match through November 21, 2019. This follows last week's vote in the House and sends American Samoa's additional assistance to President Trump to be signed into law.
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a joint hearing of the Natural Resources Committee, on which she serves, and the Foreign Affairs Committee, examining the role of the key partnerships the United States has with the Freely Associated States in the Pacific. The hearing was entitled, Sustaining Insular Relationships, and focused on extending the future of U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed progress for the Small Business Development Centers Improvements Act, H.R. 4406. She cosponsored this legislation, and the Committee on Small Business passed the bill with bipartisan support.