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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the announcement of $454,543 in federal funds for American Samoa’s criminal justice system. The funds are part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding program of the US Justice Department’s Office of Justice...

![“I would like to recognize the important work of the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency. They have brought millions of dollars of federal funding to the territory’s justice system, and I thank Director Mariana Timu-Faiai and her agency for their incredible service,” Amata said. [courtesy photo] Mariana Timu-Faiai](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/director_mariana_timu-faiai_.jpg?itok=gH7WMCyr)