RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

C C. tion 405(b) be stricken and that the words “whereverthe latter phrase appears.” be inserted in lieu thereof. SECTION 301 Section 501 would provide for the payment of salary and expenses of the government comptroller for American Samoa by the Department of the Interior. This Department is already paying such salary and expenses and thus the Administration has no objection to section 501. SECIION 601 woe Maliaotplntednncln pale ae . Nem ae oe retein wgeiie ay Pang basen cl ehaE Be a2 ating: ds otis cihbl th dentin seers! miitietalei Section 602 provides that moneys authorized by this Act but not appropriated would be authorized for succeeding years. The Administration has no objection to section 602. a= Seection 601 would require the consolidation of all Department of the Interior grants-in-aid to a territory by making certain optional provistons of Title V of P.L. 95-134 mandatory. It would also waive and reyuirements for local matching funds and tor written application or reports associated with such grants. The Administration opposes this provision because it believes that the Department of the Interior should not be singledout in this ranner. The Department has only four programs that provide the type of grants to the territories that we believe Title V of P.DL. 95-134 was intended to cover. The grants of two of these programs have already been consolidated. The Department has under consideration the possibility of consolidating the other two grant-in-aid programs. Further, the Department of the {Interior has explored the implications of waiving local matching requirements for these grants before deciding to await the results of the ongoing Interagency Policy Review on Territories. It also appears that the provisions of section 601 would applyto the various forms of financial assistance provided annually to the territories through appropriations to the Department’s Office of Territorial Affairs. If so, it would be possible for a territory to utilize funds appropriated for the construction of health care facilities for other purposes authorized by grants provided by the Department, such as historic preservation. ‘The Administration does not believe that this type of flexibility is in the best interests of the territories or the Federal Government. . SECTION 602 Section 603 provides that governments of the territories and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands mayavail themselves of the services, facilities, and equipment of ugencies and instrumentalities of the United States Government on 2 reimburseable basis. Federal serv- ” Byron , SECTION 609 ices, facilities, and equipment nowextendedto the territories on a non- —~ =, reimbursable basis would continue to require no relmbursement, ‘The Administration has no objection to section 603.