Legislative Reference Bureau
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two members of the Fono’s Legislative Reference bureau (LRB) participated in the National Conference of State Legislatures (“NCSL”), 2021 Legislative Staff Certificate Program. It took place every Friday during the month of October.
Ms. Pearl Tuiasosopo and Ms. Jacinta...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean is the sponsor of a Senate bill, which seeks to establish the American Samoa Law Revision Commission, whose objective is to “promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the laws of American Samoa to secure the...

![Legislative Reference Bureau staffers, Jacinta Fuamatu-Ma’ilo (left) and Pearl Tuiasosopo (right), graduated from the 2021 Legislative Staff Certificate Program, conducted by the National Conference of State Legislature. [photo: courtesy Senate] Jacinta Fuamatu-Ma’ilo (left) and Pearl Tuiasosopo (right)](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/composit_6.jpg?itok=5ql78pXP)
![Since the “inception of our government, we have not had a body who’s job it is to strive to improve the fairness and efficiency of the laws of American Samoa," the new legislation introduced by Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, reads in part. [SN file photo] Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sen_tuaolo_1865web_0.png?itok=8wKUQejG)