H.R. 1189: To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
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H.R. 1189: To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
108th Congress · introduced 2003-03-11 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2003-03-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
Amends Federal law to require U.S. agencies with respect to the award of grants to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands to waive: (1) the entire local matching fund requirement, if any, for grants of $500,000 or less (including in-kind contributions); and (2) $500,000 of any local matching fund requirement for grants of more than $500,000 (including in-kind contributions). Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees on the results of a study of the implementation of amendments made by this Act.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1189, A bill to increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes (2003-05-14); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1189, A bill to increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes (2003-05-14)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr1189.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr1189 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108