PROPOSED LEGISLATION
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Administration bill was introduced in first reading before the Senate on Monday when it reconvened.
The proposed bill would grant the Department of Port Administration authority to issue porting/ landing licenses for purse seiner vessels.
“The Department of Port...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In addition to the proposed final fiscal year 2022 budget, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has submitted to the Fono — as of Monday this week — six other pieces of proposed legislation for review and consideration by lawmakers during the Second Regular Session...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bill to establish the Territorial Fire Department (TFD) under the Governor’s Office was introduced in the Senate this week.
The bill, amending Section 4.0301 of the American Samoa Code Annotated (A.S.C.A) and creating Chapter 15 under the Title 4 of the A.S.C.A was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an effort to further protect American Samoa from the spread of communicable diseases, Rep. Vailoata Eteuati Amituana’i has sponsored legislation authorizing the Heath Department to test minors and also to create rules requiring non-residents entering American Samoa to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Matalasi Moliga has submitted to the Fono proposed legislation to ban the importation and sale in American Samoa of “polystyrene foam” or styrofoam containers — which he says has a “detrimental effect” on public health, land, and marine environment.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three senators have sponsored legislation, which creates by law, the “American Samoa Telecommunications Corporation Authority” — still referred to with the acronym “ASTCA” — and “shall in no way [be] considered an agency or semi-autonomous agency” of ASG.
The bill is...