OMNIBUS TERRITORIAL LEGISLATION-1979 96-1 HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 3756 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN H.R. 3758 AN ACT TO AMEND THE DATE THAT SECTION 601 OF THE STANFOR GOV'T UNIVERSITY OCT 1980 DOCUMENT Printed for the use of the U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1980 DEPARTMENT CIS RECORD ONLY Aleinikoff, T. Alexander, Attorney-Adviser, Office of Legal Counsel, Depart- Calvo, Hon. Paul M., Governor of Guam, accompanied by John L. Kerr, Chairman of the Board, Guam Power Authority Camacho, Hon. Carlos S., Governor, Northern Mariana Islands, accompanied by Edward Pangelinan, Washington Representative to the United States; Saul A. Newman, Director of Finance; and Manuel A. Sablan, Director of 146, 154 Evans, Hon. Melvin H., Delegate to Congress from the Virgin Islands 130 Luis, Hon. Juan, Governor, Virgin Islands 131, 136 Mitchell, Theodore R., Micronesian Legal Services Corp., accompanied by 385, 389 Rosenbloom, H. David, International Tax Counsel, Tax Policy Office, Depart- 123, 124 Setik, Hon. Raymond, Senator, Congress of Federated States of Micronesia, Tanaka, Thomas V.C., Speaker of the Guam Legislature... Van Cleve, Ruth G., Director, Office of Territorial Affairs, Department of the 126, 127 OMNIBUS TERRITORIAL LEGISLATION-1979 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1979 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:15 a.m., in room 3110, Dirksen Office Building, Hon. J. Bennett Johnston, presiding. Present: Senators Johnston, Matsunaga, and Melcher. Also present: James P. Beirne, counsel. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Senator JOHNSTON. The hearing will come to order. This hearing has been scheduled to consider H.R. 3756 and H.R. 3758, measures affecting the trust territory, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. There is an extensive agenda before the committee, and in order to facilitate consideration of the various issues, I would appreciate it if all witnesses for each panel would come to the table together and sit as a panel. All statements will be made a part of the record and printed in their entirety so no one will be permitted to read their statement. We will approach each title, section by section and prior to any questioning, I would appreciate it if each witness would briefly state his or her position. While I appreciate that many of you have come a long distance to be here and would like to read your statements in full, I assure you that I will read them and will carefully consider your arguments. For the purpose of this hearing, however, I think a dialog will be more useful to everyone. Copies of the legislation and the departmental reports will be made a part of the record at this point. [The bills and reports follow:] |