US Congress House Bill 2789 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 10 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Gives the High Court of American Samoa the jurisdiction over any criminal case arising under any law of the United States applicable to American Samoa in which a defendant resides in American Samoa and the violation occurred in the territory of American Samoa. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to appoint: (1) two or more justices to the High Court of American Samoa as needed; and (2) a special prosecutor for American Samoa, whose responsibility shall be to prosecute all criminal violations of laws of the United States over which the High Court of American Samoa has jurisdiction under this Act.

To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
2009-06-10		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2789/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2789/BILLS-111hr2789ih.pdf