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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Wednesday’s action in a U.S. Senate legislative hearing that moves forward her House-passed bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062.

House Passes Legislation Amata Sponsored and Cosponsored

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Tuesday led the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs’ oversight hearing on the implementation of the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) Amendments Act of 2024.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s Chief of Staff Leafaina “Ina” Tavai represented her in attending the first White House Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Convening, Friday, September 6^th, at the White House’s historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOC).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating American Samoa Community College (ASCC) upon receiving notice of a federal grant of $400,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of legislation to apologize for the U.S. nuclear legacy in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of a grant of $299,145 to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and their Office for Victims of Crime.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will be back in Washington, D.C., for a three-week September stretch of key legislative efforts, especially the need to extend appropriations beyond the upcoming end of the fiscal year, and full House consideration of bills that Amata sponsored or cosponsored.