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HR 5640 · in committee · major

Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa Criminal Justice Support Act

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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  1. 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?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports that doubling federal criminal justice funding to these territories will improve public safety outcomes rather than creating administrative redundancies?

  3. 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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Kimberlyn King-Hinds

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Introduced 2025-09-30

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-09-30 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-09-30 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-09-30 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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