Transcript: FEDERAL COURT OPTIONS FOR AMERICAN SAMOA:WILLIAM O. JENKINS, JR.

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Congressional Testimony
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September 18, 2008
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Congressional Testimony
09-18-2008
Statement of William O. Jenkins, Jr. Director, Homeland Security and Justice
Team United States Government Accountability Office Committee on House
Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs September 18, 2008 Madame
Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to be here today
to discuss Federal Court Options for American Samoa. American Samoa is
unique among U.S. insular areas in that it does not have a federal court.1
A U.S. territory since the early 1900s, American Samoa has internal self-
government under a locally adopted Constitution, and the HiCourt of American
Samoa is not part of the U.S. federal judicial structure. American Samoa`s
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