Peace Corps Reauthorization Act
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata is hailing House passage of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act, H.R. 1456, on which she is one of the seven original co-sponsors. Notably for the Pacific region, the bill includes a requirement for a Peace Corps report to Congress on the presence...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata joined lead sponsor Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and other original co-sponsors Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA), Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Rep. Donna E. Shalala (D-FL) in introducing the bipartisan Peace Corps...

![A young Amata pictured in a photo taken in Saipan during her time as a Peace Corps staffer in the late1960s. She is one of the seven original co-sponsors of the legislation recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. [courtesy photo] Amata in Saipan in late 1960s](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_in_saipan_.jpg?itok=g9iaWzmd)
