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Strengthens Fishery Disaster Relief
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor upon introduction of the bipartisan FISHES Act, fully titled the Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act.
Washington, D.C. – House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Vice Chairman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Thursday’s VA announcement that Veterans and survivors who apply (or submit their intent to file) for PACT Act benefits by 11:59PM Eastern Time on this Monday, August 14, 2023, will be eligible to have their benefits backdated to August 10, 2022 – the day that President Biden signed the PACT Act into law. This is an extension from the past original deadline of August 9, 2023.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of several grants from the Office of Insular Affairs’ Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP).
In a letter received Tuesday from Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor to Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, the OIA announced just over $750,000 ($750,280) in three MAP grants.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the birthday of the United States Coast Guard, established in 1790 on August 4.
Discussed Pacific Economic Relationships, Supply Chains, and Countering China
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of $5,352,840 for American Samoa’s Head Start program, a major grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in the examination of a bill she sponsored, with Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) as the original cosponsor, the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act, H.R. 1792, a bipartisan effort to congressionally direct full implementation of the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, as negotiated among the U.S. and Pacific nations.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting six bills she cosponsored that were passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) as part of a slate of a dozen bills voted on Wednesday for consideration by the full House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) passage in votes Wednesday of 11 bills addressing various Veterans’ issues, including two bills she cosponsored. The next legislative step will be consideration by the whole House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Tuesday chaired the House Committee on Natural Resources Indo-Pacific Task Force oversight hearing on the Biden Administration's proposed Compact of Free Association (COFA) amendments.