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US House approves $32.1 million for AS
Friday,
June 26, 2009
The Department of Interior budget for Fiscal Year 2010 approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives, includes $32.1 million for American Samoa. $22.8 million is for basic operations and $9.3 million for covenant Capital Improvement Projects.
The appropriations bill was approved by a vote of 254 to 173.
Congressman Faleomavaega said the government operation funds help ASG provide basic services such as health care, education, public safety, and support for the judiciary. The objective is to promote self-sufficiency, therefore, the amount remains constant throughout the years and ASG absorbs the costs of inflation or costs associated with the growing population in our territory.
Currently, ASG operation funds represent approximately 11-percent of ASG’s General Fund revenue and 29-percent of the LBJ Hospital’s revenue. Remaining funds are allocated to basic operations and the High Court.
The CIP funding of $9.3 million, represented a $3,000 increase from the current level of funding. CIP funding is used for infrastructure such as hospitals, schools and wastewater systems.
The congressman thanked chairman Obey of the House Committee on Appropriations, and Chairman Inouye of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, for listening to the concerns of the territories regarding the release of detainees from Guantanamo. On June 16, Congressman Faleomavaega and the delegates from Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and CNMI requested that the language prohibiting the use of funds to release or transfer detainees to the States also be applied to the U.S. territories. The congressman said the provision would make it financially unfeasible to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the territories.
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