US Representative Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen

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Natural Resources

Pago Pago Harbor, fishing vessels and canneries

Natural Resources is important to the growth and stability of American Samoa's economy.

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Amata and Natural Resources Committee Get Back to Work

November 17, 2016 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the Committee on Natural Resources met in open session last Tuesday and reconvened the following day to mark-up several pieces of legislation before the close of the 114th Congress.

Aumua Issues Statement on TriMarine's Suspension of Canning Operations

October 13, 2016 Press Release

Fa'asamoa

Pago Pago, A.S. –Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, I issued the following statement regarding TriMarine’s announcement to suspend their canning operations in American Samoan:

Amata Commends U.S. National Park Service for a Century of Conservation.

August 24, 2016 Press Release

Pago Pago –Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, extended her congratulations to the United States National Park Service as they prepare to celebrate their centennial tomorrow, August 25th.

Pago Pago Harbor
Pago Pago Harbor seen from the National Park of American Samoa

Aumua’s Fishing Bill Passes Committee Unanimously

July 13, 2016 Press Release

Washington, D.C. –Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the House Natural Resources Committee conducted a mark-up of several bills on Capitol Hill this morning including H.R. 4576, the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act.

Aumua and House Natural Resources Committee Hold Border Security Oversight Hearing

April 28, 2016 Press Release

Washington, D.C. –Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations conducted a hearing entitled, “The Consequences of Federal Land management Along the U.S. Border to Rural Communities and national Security”.  The hearing focused on the challenges to maintaining rural communities and securing the border under federal land management regimes.

Aumua and HVAC Hold Joint Hearings with Senate

March 7, 2016 Press Release
Washington, D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC), in conjunction with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, held a series of joint hearings last week, in regards to the budget requests of several major Veterans Service Organizations (VSO’s) including, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the Disabled Veterans of America (DVA), and the American Legion.

Chairman Praises Aumua’s Fishing Bill

March 2, 2016 Press Release
Washington, D.C. –Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, received praise from Subcommittee Chairman John Fleming during a House Natural Resources - Water Power & Oceans Subcommittee legislative hearing on H.R. 4576, the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act today on Capitol Hill.

Aumua Announces $7 Million in Grant Funds for Infrastructure Projects Across the Island

September 25, 2015 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced the release of more than $7 million in grant funding to American Samoa through the Office of Insular Affairs’ (OIA) Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Program. The funds will be used to support priorities and much needed improvements to critical infrastructure in the territory.

Amata Announces $926,328 Grant Award for Coral Reef Initiatives

August 19, 2015 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, was notified by Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina in regards to the awarding of $926,328 in grant assistance from the Office of Insular Affairs’ Coral Reef Initiative Program to a variety of projects and initiatives designed to improve the health and management of coral reefs in the American Samoa, and the other Territories.

GAO Found the BLM Chronically Mismanaging Bonding Program for Renewable Energy Projects

June 25, 2015 In The News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held a hearing to review a report published yesterday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is chronically mismanaging its bonding program for renewable energy projects.