HR 5640 · in committee · major
Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa Criminal Justice Support Act
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- The bill increases federal criminal justice grant funding to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands by treating them as separate states.
- American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands will each receive their own full allocation of federal grant funds instead of splitting one allocation.
- The change is effective immediately upon enactment with no specified cost or phase-in period.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would separating grant allocations for American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands affect their individual law enforcement capacities compared to their current shared funding structure?
- 02
What evidence supports that doubling federal criminal justice funding to these territories will improve public safety outcomes rather than creating administrative redundancies?
- 03
Which federal agencies would need to restructure their grant distribution systems, and what are the estimated implementation costs of treating these territories as separate funding entities?
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Sponsor · R-MP
Kimberlyn King-Hinds
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Introduced 2025-09-30
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Legislative timeline
2025-09-30 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-09-30 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-09-30 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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