Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.3940 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program for the people of Guam.

Obama delays CNMI wage hike for 2011

2010-09-30T20:00:00Z

The minimum wage amendment was included in Guam Delegate Madeleine Bordallo's HR 3940, which allows for federal funding of public education to consider ...

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Congress votes to skip 2011 minimum wage increase

2010-09-30T20:00:00Z

The minimum wage amendment, which also halts minimum wage increases in American Samoa, was amended to HR 3940 in the Senate on Tuesday. HR 3940 allows for ...

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Political status bill signed into law

2010-09-30T20:00:00Z

"I commend President Obama for his swift action in signing HR 3940 into law," Guam Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo said in a press release. "With HR 3940 now ...

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Kilili: US Congress Postpones Increase in Minimum Wage for CNMI

2010-09-29T20:00:00Z

The minimum wage amendment, which also halts minimum wage increases in American Samoa, was amended to HR 3940 in the Senate on Tuesday. HR 3940 allows for ...

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Obama Signs Political Status Education Bill Into Law

2010-09-29T20:00:00Z

Guam - President Barack Obama has signed HR 3940 into law. The measure includes a provision that clarifies Congressional intent that the Secretary of the ...

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Bordallo: Political Status Education Bill Clears Congress

2010-09-28T20:00:00Z

Guam - Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo has announced that the US House of Representatives passed an amended version of HR 3940 by a vote of 386 ayes to 5 ...

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Complete History Of American Samoa Island

2010-09-19T20:00:00Z

...NEWS UPDATES:The House passed a little noticed bill, H.R.3940, on a voice vote on December 7, 2009 to provide money to Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands money to “facilitate public education programs regarding political status options f

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Bordallo Testifies Before Senate Committee In Support of Guam Status Education ...

2010-05-18T20:00:00Z

Guam - In Washington Wednesday, Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo testified in support of her bill, HR 3940, at an oversight hearing of the Senate Committee ...

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Bordallo commends passage of Puerto Rico Democracy Act

2010-05-02T20:00:00Z

I hope that the US Senate now takes up HR 2499, and my bill HR 3940, in order for both chambers of Congress to fulfill their constitutional responsibilities ...

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House bill orders Puerto Rico to vote on political status

2010-04-29T20:00:00Z

"I hope that th?197-154?e US Senate now takes up HR 2499, and my bill, HR 3940, in order for both chambers of Congress to fulfill their constitutional ...

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Bordallo says Puerto Rico Bill Also Good For Guam

2010-04-28T20:00:00Z

I hope that the US Senate now takes up HR 2499, and my bill HR 3940, in order for both chambers of Congress to fulfill their constitutional responsibilities ...

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First Vote of the Week... Tuesday (as early as 10:00 am)

2009-12-06T19:00:00Z

DeFazio - Natural Resources) HR 3940 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status ...

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Second international decade of decolonization ends unnoticed

2009-11-29T19:00:00Z

Madeleine Z. Bordallo, in the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Legislative hearing on HR 3940, introduced a self-determination bill to ...

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House OKs political status education bill

2009-11-18T19:00:00Z

"The full committee's approval of HR 3940 signals that political status education for non-self-governing territories is a priority for the committee that ...

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NEWS UPDATE: 9:40 am - Political status public education bill passes House ...

2009-11-17T19:00:00Z

Guam Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo today announced that the House Committee on Natural Resources has approved HR 3940, a bill that would authorize the ...

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Bordallo Chairs Hearing on Her Political Status Education Bill

2009-11-04T19:00:00Z

It is HR 3940. Specifically, it would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend technical assistance grants and other assistance to facilitate a ...

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